I am extinguished. You, too, dissolve into the light.

When appearance, body, age, and wealth no longer define you, that's when your true life begins. The essence of education is not to mass-produce "qualified components," but to help each life discover its own way to burn.

She did resign. In the second spring after the pandemic, she stepped into the office, saw the familiar screens and documents, and suddenly felt as if something had struck her. She sat down and finished writing her resignation letter. In that moment, she knew she truly couldn't go on. She wanted to leave the office—and also the version of herself who had spent years striving to become "someone better."

"The night is too short." He replied, "You look like my father."

The dullness of life is inescapable. Fondness— it need not be spoken. It hides away. Sometimes, even I forget it's there.

She said, “If I’d known you were moving, I wouldn’t have invested so much time in this friendship.” It wasn’t cruel. It was simply… honest. In Germany, that’s enough.

Blue is falling, turning covered with wounds. Tears flood my mind.