Robbin

“Don't fret, boy. I'm not so foolish as to ridicule the myths and legends of other people. For countless generations, people, no matter where they're from, have been trying to understand this world of ours.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.”
― Maureen Johnson, The Madness Underneath

“Balsa seemed invincible, endowed with powers no other warrior could match, but in her profile he could glimpse the shadow of a young girl, hurt and buffeted by a cruel and hopeless fate. If he had never experienced what it was like to be at the mercy of fate himself, he would not have noticed, but now he could see it with unbearable, heartrending clarity.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

“To eat or be eaten, to escape or be taken...a matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.”
― Nahoko Uehashi, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit