When the Museum Is Closed Quotes

“You don't have to bear the burden of "forever".”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed

“What will you do if she really does go free? If her pedestal vanishes one day? Won't that be hard? I'm talking about the most common and natural of human emotions here. You want your loved one to be happy. But only if they stay within your reach. That's normal. Don't you agree?”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed

“I caress you with my words, you react, and that turns me on. Say we could feel each other's touch and rub our mucous membranes together. That doesn't mean we can become one, does it? There's you, and there's someone else. You come together momentarily, but what's left afterwards? You. And someone else. Two separate beings. And then you repeat the process. Am I wrong?”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed

“The woman tipped forward every few strides as the man yapped away, his arm wrapped firmly around her waist as if to keep her in step with him. This infuriated me. In my mind, the woman was a naturally fast walker whose nickname in high school had been F1, like the races. Right now they were on their way to see a movie, and during the best scene, the guy would undoubtedly ask why the protagonist was crying, which was going to piss her off so much that she'd dump him at the train station on their way home. I felt better knowing that.”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed

“I enjoyed watching live videos from all over the world: Italian piazzas, the Namib Desert, the tourist centre in Bangkok. I had no desire to visit any of the places. But I was comforted in the knowledge that these locales would never merge.”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed

“How lovely it must be,' I said. 'Being chosen all the time.'
'But I don't get to do the choosing. Ever.”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed

“Life is short,' my roommate started.
'And art long," I finished.”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed

“People can get through the day because they have something to wait for. It can be big or small; something that might not even come to pass. It’s the waiting that keeps them going. They wait to eat three times a day, wait for the weekend, wait for new classes, wait for their lovers to arrive, wait to graduate, wait to be transferred, find a new job, retire. They wait to sleep. And finally, they wait to die.”
― Emi Yagi, When the Museum Is Closed