<So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reaso ns And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levin said it right. He " said, "Love is the only rational act
- Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom

" When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, 3 everything around us becomes better too.
- The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

"I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.
- Normal People, by Sally Rooney

HARUKI MURAKAMI
Men Without Women

TRANSLATED FROM THE JAPANESE BY Philip Gabriel and Ted Goosen

At the end of the days , whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change."
_ Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi