Ray

“But memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they fade and die.”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“From the time I was very small, I felt no resistance whatsoever to the feeling of love. I loved Marie, and I loved many other things as well. It didn't matter what the thing was; I loved it all the same. A book. A house. A bird. A song. They were all connected at their roots, and the feeling that people cannot help but love, because they are lonely, seemed utterly natural to me.”
― Moto Hagio, The Heart of Thomas

“He smiled, and his face was like the sun.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

“There's something to walking with autumnal thoughts through the evening fog. One likes to compose poems at a time like that.”
― Hermann Hesse, Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend