✿ nhubert

“The egotism of love protected them in the midst of the general distress and, if they did think about the plague, it was always and only to the extent that it risked making their separation eternal.”
― Albert Camus, The Plague

“You gave me the flow of time, with morning, afternoon, and night, and the gift of miraculous shoes to walk around the real world. For me you were a magician. Without you, I would probably have lived my life without ever being aware that a period of time called morning even existed.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

“goes on like this and we can’t compensate for the things that get lost, the island will soon be nothing but absences and holes, and when it’s completely hollowed out, we’ll all disappear without a trace. Don’t you ever feel that way?”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

“Yours' like 'Later!', had an off-the-cuff, unceremonious, 'here, catch' quality that reminded me how twisted and secretive my desires were compared to the expansive spontaneity of everything about him.”
― André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name