Mild Vertigo Quotes

“that was the whole thing, there was nothing remarkable about it whatsoever, it was an utterly ordinary thing — and yet for some unknown reason she kept staring at it, and falling, again for some unknown reason, into a kind of trance.”
― Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo

“plenty of people in this world who don’t think marriage is anything to be celebrated, and to come out and say GOOD NEWS!! like that, I mean, depending on who’s receiving this, it might not be glad tidings at all.”
― Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo

“but what are they going to do when they have to alert people of their divorce, are we going to get a postcard saying SAD NEWS!! and there’ll be a picture of a blue heart ripped in two, and when their parents die it’ll be TERRIBLE NEWS!! with a picture of crying angels, is that what they’re going to do?”
― Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo

“why do people need to do all of this to commemorate their wedding and reassure themselves that they’re married, that’s what I want to know.”
― Mieko Kanai, Mild Vertigo