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“No matter how hard she played at being a girl, at the end of the day she was nothing more than a doll on a music box, forced to turn and turn by the hand that wound her spring.”

I am emotionally UNWELL.. I did not expect to be holding back tears while reading this book..

"What do I do if I miss you?"
...
"Well, when you miss me,
you'll go somewhere big and open,
a place like our lake
or any place you can see the the whole sky.
Once you're there, take a big, deep breath,
and start to notice all the things we notice when we're together."

“I never got to ask you your name.”
“Hana.” The child smiled up at her. “Okaa-San(mother) calls all of us by your name.”

I’m sorry?! 😭😭

“Books do not find value when they are written. They find value when they are read. Every book here is both worthless and priceless at the same time. It depends on who you ask.”