No matter how much bullying they inflict on my body, as long as I have this hope, I can endure any pain.
Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories.
Information about toxicity in food is widely available, but people don’t want to hear it. Once in a while a story is spectacular enough to break through and attract media attention, but the swell quic...
I don't mind the risk, because the risk makes it more interesting
I believe that in the deepest places in their hearts, people are violent and take pleasure in hurting each other.
I am a time being. Do you know what a time being is? Well, if you give me a moment, I will tell you. A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is,...
An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.
Ты стараешься забыть об этом, но, только ты забываешь, рыба опять начинает трепыхаться у тебя под сердцем, напоминая, что произошло что-то совершенно ужасное.
Суицид — это очень глубокая тема, но поскольку Вам интересно, я постараюсь пояснить для Вас мои соображения.На протяжении всей своей истории мы, японцы, с уважением относились к суициду. Для нас это я...
She turned to the first page, feeling vaguely prurient, like an eavesdropper or a peeping tom. Novelists spend a lot of time poking their noses into other people’s business. Ruth was not unfamiliar wi...
Memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they fade and die.
Where do words come from? They come from the dead. We inherit them. Borrow them. Use them for a time to bring the dead to life.
What if I travel so far away in my dreams that I can't get back in time to wake up?
Time plays tricks on mothers. It teases you with breaks and brief caesuras, only to skip wildly forward, bringing breathtaking changes to your baby's body. Only he wasn't a baby anymore, and how often...
There's nothing like realizing that you don't have much time left to stimulate your appreciation for the moments of your life.
Shiki fu i ku, ku fu i shiki.70
She sat back on her heels and nodded. The thought experiment she proposed was certainly odd, but her point was simple. Everything in the universe was constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, a...
It was the most ordinary thing in the world, but it felt like we were doing something illegal, lovers or something, because in Japan dads don't generally hug and kiss their kids. Don't ask me why. The...
It also felt like home, and she wasn't sure she liked it.
In even a fraction of a second, we have the opportunity to choose, and to turn the course of our action either toward the attainment of truth or away from it. Each instant is utterly critical to the w...