Quotes by Mizuki Nomura

There’s a different flavor to children’s literature you read after you grow up than there was reading it as a child. Things that were sweet as a child become bitter once you grow up.

Yes. We will live the rest of our lives in hell. Its not so bad: as long as youre prepared for it, you can live anywhere.

Im not a detective from Baker Street or an old lady who solves crimes while shes knitting in an easy chair. Im just a book girl. So I cant make a deduction, only take a flight of fancy--er, forget I said that. I meant, I can only take a guess.

So then do you think its true that he killed someone? And what about the part where he wishes he could die?If it IS true that he killed someone, thats bad.In any case, it seems like something is bothering Shuji was now a contender for the Understatement of the Century.

Even though my angel has forgiven me and rescued me, who on earth will save him, who cannot be allowed into the light of the sun, who has lost his name, who can only hide himself in the world of darkness?

When youre alone and you feel sad, try reading a book. Try touching someones heart. Try to imagine what they were thinking, what they wanted to convey. If you do that, you might get something amazing.

People from different cultures have different definitions for beauty. Isnt that sad to judge others with our standards... rather than appreciate them?

How did we keep getting so lost in a midnight world? Why did we continue lamenting as we wounded our hearts and were cut apart?

Im a book girl--I love all the stories the world has to offer. No matter the book, I will taste it and drink it down.

Everybody in the world wants to be understood and to have others appreciate them.Being different is scary. Solitude is pain and loneliness.

When someone is force to realize that the road hed been working hard to make progress on was no different from the place hed started, and when he realized that he had in fact gone backward, all that person can do is face the pale sky and lament.

Youre such a book girl.