Anne's Cradle Quotes

“Hanako had taken a Japanese translation of John Milton’s Paradise Lost from her father’s shelf last year. Although it was too difficult for a nine-year-old, she felt its worth even without understanding all the words and had basked in a strange sense of fulfilment. The joy she had experienced at the time surged through her at the memory.”
― Eri Muraoka, Anne's Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables

“A sense of nostalgia for bygone days underlaid the cheerful vitality of their working-class neighbourhood.”
― Royakan Taigu, Anne's Cradle: The Life and Works of Hanako Muraoka, Japanese Translator of Anne of Green Gables