“Until they arrived, while everyone else was transitioning to winter, putting on coats and sweaters, I was going to stick with my summer dress and my usual work blazer. Dressed in the dazzling flowers of some tropical island adrift in an ocean of deep pink, there I sat, in a season and place all my own.” ClothesLiesAlonePregnancy Book:Diary of a Void Source: Diary of a Void
“Even if it's a lie, it's a place of my own. That's why I'm going to keep it. It doesn't need to be a big lie—just big enough for one person. And if I can hold on to that lie inside my heart, if I can keep repeating it to myself, it might lead me somewhere. Somewhere else, somewhere different. If I can do that, maybe I'll change a little, and maybe the world will, too.” LiesJapanPregnancyChange The WorldJapaneseLies QuotesLying QuotesLying To YourselfJapanese WomenJapanese Society Book:Diary of a Void Source: Diary of a Void
“I'm always so alone. I guess I should be used to it by now. That's the way it is from the moment we come into this world, but I'm still not used to it - how alone we all are.” LonelyAlone Book:Diary of a Void Source: Diary of a Void
“Maybe that's making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten.” FamilyFamily Relationships Book:Diary of a Void Source: Diary of a Void
“Maybe that's what making a family is all about: creating an environment in which people make space for one another - maybe without even trying, just naturally, to make sure that nobody's forgotten.” FamilyFamily Relationships Author:Emi Yagi
“Having a baby isn't easy. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's been two thousand years, and it's the same old story, right?” Feminism Book:Diary of a Void Source: Diary of a Void
“I looked up again at the stained glass window. There she was, the same smile on her lips. I'm sure you were totally freaked out when they told you that you were pregnant, but at least your baby's birth is now celebrated all around the world! And so many people have been saved by you, and by your child! Then again, to be eternally known as the Virgin Mother, as if that's the only thing that gave meaning to your existence... Hey did you have any hobbies of your own? Or maybe there was a singer you were really into? You must have gotten stressed out sometimes. I mean, being called the Virgin Mother, even after your son was all grown up... And then to have him crucified like that. I can't imagine how hard that must have been. I just hope you managed to live your life the way you wanted, to take naps when you felt like it, to know yourself by a name that made sense to you...” Jesus ChristMotherhoodChristmasChristmas QuotesVirgin MaryMaternal LoveMother MaryBirth Of ChristNativity Of ChristMama Mary Book:Diary of a Void Source: Diary of a Void