Maura had decided sometime before Blue’s birth that it was barbaric to order children about, and so Blue had grown up surrounded by imperative question marks.


“To live means: to cry and shout, to love, to do silly things, to feel sadness and joy, to even experience horrible, frightening things... and to laugh.”
― If Cats Disappeared from the World
― If Cats Disappeared from the World

“As you go on with your life, always remember the things that are good in you. They're your gifts. As long as you have these things, you'll find happiness, and you'll make the people around you happy.”
― 世界から猫が消えたなら [Sekai kara Neko ga Kietanara]
― 世界から猫が消えたなら [Sekai kara Neko ga Kietanara]

“Maybe the song you’re writing is for one specific heartbroken soul who won’t be born for another four hundred years.”
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
― Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

“Does the ore feel trapped
in coins and gears?
does it feel homesick for earth?,”
― Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
in coins and gears?
does it feel homesick for earth?,”
― Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

“You are words on paper...Be careful what stories you tell yourself”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea

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