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“Then Bacchus and Silenus and the Maenads began a dance, far wilder than the dance of the trees; not merely a dance of fun and beauty (though it was that too) but a magic dance of plenty, and where their hands touched, and where their feet fell, the feast came into existence- sides of roasted meat that filled the grove with delicious smells, and wheaten cakes and oaten cakes, honey and many-colored sugars and cream as thick as porridge and as smooth as still water, peaches, nectarines, pomegranates, pears, grapes, straw-berries, raspberries- pyramids and cataracts of fruit. Then, in great wooden cups and bowls and mazers, wreathed with ivy, came the wines; dark, thick ones like syrups of mulberry juice, and clear red ones like red jellies liquefied, and yellow wines and green wines and yellow-green and greenish-yellow.
But for the tree people different fare was provided. When Lucy saw Clodsley Shovel and his moles scuffling up the turf in various places (when Bacchus had pointed out to them) and realized that the trees were going to eat earth it gave her rather a shudder. But when she saw the earths that were actually brought to them she felt quite different. They began with a rich brown loam that looked almost exactly like chocolate; so like chocolate, in fact, that Edmund tried a piece of it, but he did not find it all nice. When the rich loam had taken the edge off their hunger, the trees turned to an earth of the kind you see in Somerset, which is almost pink. They said it was lighter and sweeter. At the cheese stage they had a chalky soil, and then went on to delicate confections of the finest gravels powdered with choice silver sand. They drank very little wine, and it made the Hollies very talkative: for the most part they quenched their thirst with deep draughts of mingled dew and rain, flavored with forest flowers and the airy taste of the thinnest clouds.”
― C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian

“To have the wings to fly and roots to reach deep inside is to find beauty and tenderness amid the gravel and dust and the wound opens the rupture into a rapture..



.....Jayita Bhattacharjee”
― Jayita Bhattacharjee

“Social media posting is lots of gravel with the occasional golden nugget!”
― Steven Magee

“Ya better stop boastin' 'bout bullshit that you can't even do. Come hell or high water, as long as I'm alive, I ain't gonna let you assholes ruin this street!”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER 9

“Well for me, putting on makeup makes me stronger."

"Wuh? What're you saying? Have you lost your mind? Caking on powder isn't gonna make you stronger in a fight."

"Not at all. It's my heart that becomes stronger. When I put makeup on, I can become the person I always wanted to be. I feel so happy and it gives me the drive to keep going. This isn't just limited to makeup, either. Love itself can make anyone stronger."

"You're insane. Your heart? So what if your heart becomes stronger? What will that accomplish?"

"I see... you have no idea how that feels. You poor thing.”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER 10

“I just thought that one day, somehow... my world would end up looking just like the game posters I saw. I thought that eventually, the world would turn fun and bright. But the reality is... things would only get worse. More and more people wanted a crumb from the cookie. Each person's share just got smaller and smaller. And then one day I finally realized that no one in this town had to luxury to save anyone else. Even if I wait... the fun and bright game will never come. And even if we try to struggle against the pain, our stomachs will never be full. There's no other choice. I have to change this messed-up reality.”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER 10

“Someone that has things will never understand those with nothing!"

"Never understand? Really? Well of course how can I understand?! It's not like you understand me either! If our environment is different, then what we think, and how we feel, will all be different. No human can fully understand another person's situation! But what I do understand is that you must've been suffering a lot. That has nothing to do with how we're born, what gender we are, or if we have everything or nothing!”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER 10

“When times are tough, everyone in the world always believes that what they're going through is the absolute worst! But even if that's true, I can't let anyone get away with forcefully taking away another person's love for passion. That's why I'll have to bring you down.”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER 10

“I'm sorry. I didn't know anything about you, but I acted like I did. You know, here, on this street, I'm able to do what I like most. But in the past things were different. I was just like you. I was suffering so much. But there were people who reached out and helped me. The reason why I am who I am today is all thanks to them."

"So what?! Well, good for you! Is that what you wanted to hear from me?!"

"I don't know the details about why you don't have anything you like. But you're just like my past self. I can tell that you're suffering just like I did. That's why... I want to help you!”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER 10

“I've wanted to change. I wanted to leave behind that desperate world where we fought over a single cookie... I've always wanted to be part of the beautiful, clean world outside.”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER Vol. 11

“Suo-san..."

"Hmm?"

"What do I have to do to get a back as broad as theirs to shoulder as much as they do?"

"I don't know much about Kanji-san. But... those two must have overcome all kinds of painful experiences. That's why their backs can be so big... they can be so strong.”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER Vol. 11

“Do ya think we can do it? What if we screw up?"

"You idiots. No one's perfect on their first try. Newbies are gonna make mistakes. That's normal.”
― Satoru Nii, WIND BREAKER Vol. 11