“It’s not like I want people to hate me. I’m just not about to go out of my way to make them like me, either. Being liked is wonderful and all, but that’s not what life is about, you know?”
Aisha Eliashas quoted8 days ago
“So what good is reliance when everything could fall apart because of some little bump or a change in the wind? That’s not how trust works, though, at least not for me. With trust, I’m always giving something back for what I get. There’s a balance.”
Aisha Eliashas quoted8 days ago
“It’s like they say, trust is a two-way street. Reliance can be one-sided, though. Know what I mean? One side depends on the other. That’s not a partnership. And that’s why relationships based on reliance are pretty unstable. One little hiccup and everything could disappear.”
♡emma♡has quoted12 days ago
“Um, do you think the light you’re thinking about and the light I’m talking about are, um, the same thing?”
“Of course they are,” Mitsutsuka said with a smile. “We’re talking about the same light.”
♡emma♡has quoted12 days ago
I thought about the walk I took that winter on my birthday.
I remembered that night, how I counted the lights, walking through coldness so profound that I could almost hear it, through that dry air slickened with so many special things
Ranti Fadilahhas quoted22 days ago
question of greatness definitely matters, if we’re thinking about where our salaries are coming from, but as far as our work is concerned, it makes no difference. Because all manuscripts are equally fair in the eyes of the proofreader,”
Ranti Fadilahhas quoted22 days ago
proofreading is a lonely business, full of lonely people.”
Ranti Fadilahhas quoted22 days ago
Every birthday since, I’ve gone out for a walk at night.
Ranti Fadilahhas quoted22 days ago
That’s why what matters is how you think about your work in your own lifetime, how much you respect it, how hard you’re trying.
Duckyuahas quoted2 months ago
t this point in life, I know better than to expect anything from men.