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“i know it doesn't really matter. except, well, it matters to me.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“it isn't anything, but it's so beautiful that i could cry”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“like, if you make plenty of money but don't have any kids, you might get called successful. but unless you have kids, no one will ever call you a great woman.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night

“(why does the night have to be so beautiful?) because at night, only half the world remains.”
― Mieko Kawakami, All the Lovers in the Night