Japanese Gothic Quotes

“Was I so wrong to treasure humans? she wondered. Will they always leave me alone in the dark?
She swore to never care for humans again, to never lend them her heart, never try to save them from themselves. But still, she tasted their tears like the salt of the sea, felt the ache of their pain deep in her bones, cried for them as she wished someone would cry for her, even once. She did not know if she would ever find the love that humans held for only each other, but she would continue searching until the end of time.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, Japanese Gothic

“She didn't want Lee Turner to kiss her, or marry her, or fall in love with her. She wanted him to sit beside her on this porch and watch the stars with her for as long as she was still alive. She wanted to exist beside him, to be real and whole in someone else's eyes, to bare her soul to someone and have them stay beside her anyway.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, Japanese Gothic

“People lied all the time for silly reasons—embarrassment, forgetfulness, nervousness. Lies didn't always mean that the truth was important.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, Japanese Gothic

“Maybe the bridge between life and death isn’t a bridge at all. Maybe it’s more like an ocean. You’re under the water”
― Kylie Lee Baker, Japanese Gothic

“The samurai were not all heroes,' she said quietly. 'They were warriors, then they were bullies, then they were bureaucrats. Then one day, all at once, they were gone.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, Japanese Gothic