Twinkle Singh

“But such monsters were not cause for astonishment. People then would have regarded them as everyday hazards, and in those days there was so much else to worry about. How to get food out of the hard ground; how not to run out of firewood; how to stop the sickness that could kill a dozen pigs in a single day and produce green rashes on the cheeks of children.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

“This circle of hate is hardly broken, sir, but forged instead in iron by what’s done today.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

“for if we’re mortal let us at least shine handsomely in God’s eyes while we walk this earth! Like”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant

“Boatman," she says. "There's a tale I once heard, perhaps as a small child. Of an island full of gentle woods and streams, yet also a place of strange qualities. Many cross to it, yet for each who dwells there, it's as if he walks the island alone...”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Buried Giant