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It was definitely harder to look good in fancy things when you were in your sixties—not impossible, just harder than it was when you were twenty-five. You could do all the squats you wanted, walk ten miles every day, apply moisturizer with
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“She set the candle down on the counter and peered around the cavernous kitchen. “You know what? This man needed me.” She gazed back at me thoughtfully. “I think he’s been sleepwalking. I’m going to wake him up.”
― Just for the Summer
― Just for the Summer
“My love,” she cried out without thinking. He did not turn around. His shoulders appeared to be trembling ever so slightly. While watching his back, she drank the coffee in one go. She drank it in one gulp, not out of a sense of urgency that the coffee was about to go cold, but rather out of respect for Fusagi, whose gentle back was turned to ensure she could quickly and safely return to the present. Such was the depth of his kindness.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“Have him fly to Hawaii to see if it works. We do not go out of our way for men. We do not inconvenience ourselves for men, we do not change our well-laid plans for men. No.”
― Just for the Summer
― Just for the Summer
“It doesn’t change the present, right?” “That’s right.” “But what about the things that happen later?” “I’m not sure what you’re saying.” “From now on...” Fumiko chose her words. “From now on—what about the future?” Kazu looked straight at Fumiko. “Well, as the future hasn’t happened yet, I guess that’s up to you...” she said, revealing a smile for the first time. Fumiko’s eyes lit up.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“So I ask you never to forget one thing. You are my wife, and if life becomes too hard for you as my wife, I want you to leave me. “You don’t have to stay by me as a nurse. If I am no good as a husband, then I want you to leave me. All I ask is that you can do what you can as my wife. We are husband and wife after all. Even if I lose my memory, I want to be together as husband and wife. I cannot stand the idea of us staying together only out of sympathy. “This is something I cannot say to your face, so I wrote it in a letter.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
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