Nana Osaki Quotes Novels & Stories

"I can't help it. I know I'm never going to be happy." "Don't say that," Zeenah said, her voice dropping in an octave. "We all deserve to be happy, Nana. If I can be happy despite everything I've done, then I see no way why you can't also be happy. Please, stop this," she placed her hand on Nana's shoulders and felt her eyes getting moist with unshed tears.

"Never trust a man who doesn't have hair on their chest." Now it was my turn to scrunch my nose. "Mother! How many times do I have to tell you not to say those absurd things to her? She is too young for that." Nana rolled her eyes going back to her sauce as Mom strolled in, glaring at the old woman. "Yeah, too young that she finds those men hot," mumbled Nana sarcastically, stirring her pasta.

I thinned my lips, passing a message with my eyes. “Zip it.” I seethed. She gulped in response. Nana’s chuckled got us out of our bubble. “You two are indeed young loves. Anyway, i hope you remember that i will be travelling to Italy today.” I quirked my brows, trying to search my memory for when we had such a conversation. “Please don’t tell me you forgot,” Nana said sternly. I laughed awkwardly. “Not at all, Nana. How long will you be gone for?”

Nana focus more on distracting the chief commander making him feel uncomfortable. Can please go aside, hey you searched the kitchen. The chief command his team since Nana wouldn't leave him alone. The kitchen on my God please be careful, make sure to turn nothing upside down, I have trouble cleaning here since none of those bones sitting there help at all. On please mind the glass, they break easily. On don't push that bottom. You don't wonna know trust me. Nana was still talking irritating everyone of them. What happened if he push it.

But it tastes like heaven. Nana doesn’t say much while we eat, but her eyes, though sightless, seem to see everything. Halfway through the meal, she reaches out and touches my hand. “You’re going to change everything, my girl,” she says softly. “You don’t know it yet. But you will. You’ll light the path.” I blink at her. “What do you mean?” She just smiles and turns back to her bowl. Lucian squeezes my thigh gently under the table. “She does this,” he says. “Says confusing stuff, disappears for days, then shows up again like nothing happened.”

I feel he's just being himself Nana turns to face me squarely, her cold hands sorting mine. I stiffen at the contact "You are the light he desperately needs. I know what I'm saying believe me. Your energy is contagious and I know you can make him happy. I knew from the day I met you" I shift nervously in my seat. My heart pounding wildly in my chest as if it will soon burst out. What is she saying? Is she for real? Do I look like a fucking sun

I laughed which made the old woman eye me like I'm some kind of freak. "Oh, some things change Nana." was all I could say. I was not able to grasp Kana's likes and dislikes. I thought Avant's personality was the hardest. I was wrong again because this kid is a pain in the ass. I wish I could have landed in an assassin's body so I could use my time cleaning the filth of this society. “Nana where is my mother?” her child is sick how can a mother not care at all?

ISAAC “And here I thought you’d only return to the country for my funeral!” Nana rolled her eyes at me, her wrinkled hands folded neatly in her lap. Her sharp tongue hadn’t dulled with age. I looked at her lazily and leaned down to kiss her forehead. “I’m just here for business, Nana. Don’t flatter yourself.” She scoffed, swatting lightly at my arm. “Business, my foot. I'm no psychic but even I know why you're really here.”

She was busy rubbing olive oil all over my cheeks and forehead as she muttered words of prayer over me. The oil was thick and smelled of earth, and it was currently smeared across my lips, making it impossible to talk. “It’s not good to ever deny an older woman’s feelings, Larry,” Nana said, giving my dad a stern look before turning back to me. “I don’t feel good about this. My spirit is restless. Left to me, Aurora would remain at home at least for a week more. Maybe two.”

"Aki, take care of the woman you love the most." Mom and I were both stunned at what we heard. Surprised, we couldn’t help but look at each other. How Nana was able to find out the truth about us, I also didn’t know… Perhaps mom told her? Nana faced us, her old age not abling her to see us with clear eyes but nonetheless still holding a gentleness in her voice when she spoke. “Love will persevere to those who work hard. Like a plant, you must nurture the affection you hold to keep it healthy. Only by doing so, the fruit will come and give you the power you need in facing a dark, scary, hungry world.”