#focusingonthelittlethings

[keily-elsalvador1-blog]

Luckily the yolks of my eggs were soft and runny enough to soak up with pieces of bread, just how I liked them, not hard and overcooked as Eva preferred, even in this we were incompatible.

[keily-elsalvador1-blog]

cuu-uu goes the tortolita in the maculis tree. The cinnamon-colored tortolita, with a white stripe on its wing. Cuuu-cuuu each time prolonging the "uus" like the murmur of a child

Malio Argueta, One Day of Life, (161)

[keily-elsalvador1-blog]

The Kiskadee is perched on a little branch so high up the guanacaste tree that if it weren't for its song, you wouldn't know where to look for it

Manlio Argueta, One Day of Life (77)

[gokeisha18]

“Massive tablets covered in ivy, in lichen, in spots of yellow mold and moss.”

- Zadie Smith, “NW” (78)

[melissasjapaneselitblog]

The atomic-bomb memorial incidents in recent years are a case in point. In 1963, for example, the Communist and Socialist Parties were not able to join together for the performance of the memorial ceremony, with the result that the ceremonial hall became the stage for their open quarrels.

Chie Nakane, Japanese Society (54)

[melissasjapaneselitblog]

“Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of.”

Geisha a life, Mineko Iwasaki (217)

[melissasjapaneselitblog]

“I have a good memory for dates, and became famous for remembering my clients’ birthdays, their wives’ birthdays, and their wedding anniversaries. At one point I retained this information for over one hundred of my best customers.”

Mineko Iwasaki, Geisha a life (170)

[gokeisha18]

“Strongly-marked horizontal eyebrows must be traced under that brow; then followed, naturally, a well-defined nose, with a straight ridge and full nostrils; then a flexible-looking mouth, by no means narrow; then a firm chin”

- Charlotte Brontë, “Jane Eyre” (291)