Alexa

“Well, for a considerable time after you were born, you had no such reason for rejoicing in your form. You were then a mere cabbage-insect, a hairy worm; and you were so poor that you could not afford even one robe to cover your nakedness; and your appearance was altogether disgusting. Everybody in those days hated the sight of you.”
― Lafcadio Hearn, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

“Your words repentant and your sighs would prove, Lost is the time which is not past in love. The”
― Matthew Lewis, The Monk

“There's nothing precious about life, Linus. People say life is precious, and sleep soundly in the thought that they're good and just, but everything they do is counter to that. Every hurt they do or help to do is at its heart anti-life. And it's not that in itself that makes me hate, but the hypocrisy of it all. The hypocrisy of it all is what makes me into–––I hope she razes this place to the ground. I hope she buries it in the sea." Abiron”
― Aaron Ward, Anaxagoras

“Azuki araou ka? Hito totte kuou ka? (shoki shoki) Shall I wash my red beans, or shall I catch a human to eat? (shoki shoki) Interactions:”
― Matthew Meyer, The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai