A review by ms_tiahmarie
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

~Why does the night have to be so beautiful?~

~Because at night, only half the world remains.~

~Books are so full of mistakes, it almost makes me wonder if they only exist so that the mistakes are passed their genes on to the next generation.~

~People here confuse boredom and stagnation with peace and safety.~

~It was like I was tracing another person's dream with my fingers.~

~Seeing my handwriting under the light, I realized that this was the first time I'd written something without having a specific purpose, not a comment in somebody else's manuscript or galley, but my own words on a blank sheet of paper. I had no clue what to do with these words, no idea what they were for, or what they meant, but I stared at them and felt them reach my heart and linger there.~