A Perfect Day to Be Alone Quotes

“I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

“If you try and save all the fun for later, you’ll be my age before you know it, and dying will seem like a pretty grim prospect.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

“Is that how it feels to you?

Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

“Oh, and that people change. Especially the parts you wish would stay the same. And the parts you do wish would change, don’t. I wish I knew how to make it the other way around. That’s the kind of wisdom I want.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

“I’d have liked to stay young, to lead a quiet life sheltered from all the drama of the world. But it seemed that wasn’t an option. I was braced for my fair share of hardship. I wanted to try being an ordinary person, living an ordinary life. I wanted to become as thick-skinned as possible, to turn myself into someone who could survive anything. I didn’t know what dreams I was supposed to have for the future, or what people meant when they talked about meeting the love of their life. But those were the kind of things I found myself vaguely longing for.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

“I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now, while I’m young. So I don’t end up all miserable when I’m old.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone

“Oh, and that people change. Especially the parts you wish would stay the same. And the parts you do wish would change, don't. I wish I knew how to make it the other way round. That's the kind of wisdom I want.”
― Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone