snail and snail shell

Rogelio 2022-04-21 09:02:46

The heart is often like a snail in a shell, only a slight icy drizzle can make it dare to show its head slowly, and gladly accept those silent soothing tenderness.
Then, the rigid body finally relaxed, and the freedom seemed to melt into the moist air, and finally forgot the lowliness of the self, slowly but surely leaving its own traces on the once cracked land.

If your heart is alive, everything will meet again in a patter, and if your heart is dead, why should there be a body left?

Please let us die in the seemingly impossible mutual understanding, it is a great joy.

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Departures quotes

  • Daigo Kobayashi: [to the grieving family] The right of encoffinment is to prepare the deceased for a peaceful departure. Please come closer and watch. I will now wipe the body.

  • Sonezaki: The orchestra is dissolved.