ishani's the name, life's the game.
— Heaven, Mieko Kawakami
[text ID: I knew that it was cruel to be so optimistic, but, in my solitude, I couldn’t resist the urge and spent entire days basking in idiotic fantasies, sometimes verging on prayer.]
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Shuntaro Tanikawa, from “Porno-Bach”; translated by Harold Write
Text ID: this transparent blood filled darkness