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Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Things that don't matter at all to one person can hurt another so deeply it seems as bad as dying. Things that don't matter at all to one person can hurt another so deeply it seems as bad as dying.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: She could warm up the air, and then gently blow it out, just like a lily. She smelled of a syrup made of boiled-down despair. She could warm up the air, and then gently blow it out, just like a lily. She smelled of a syrup made of boiled-down despair.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: you find yourself face-to-face with the enormousness of the world as a whole. you find yourself face-to-face with the enormousness of the world as a whole.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed ... (p. 141). Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed ... (p. 141).
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Looking out at the lake, drinking good tea. That's his only luxury. And what an enormous luxury that was. Looking out at the lake, drinking good tea. That's his only luxury.
And what an enormous luxury that was.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: willingness to give in is rampant in this society of ours. willingness to give in is rampant in this society of ours.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place. When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: The intensity of a person unafraid of death, at the end of his rope. The intensity of a person unafraid of death, at the end of his rope.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Okay,' I said, and waving, we parted. The feeling traveled to some infinitely distant place and disappeared. Okay,' I said, and waving, we parted. The feeling traveled to some infinitely distant place and disappeared.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: beyond that, I couldn't say. There's no point thinking about the future. That beyond that, I couldn't say. There's no point thinking about the future. That
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: If people I don't care for are attracted to me, I accept it as the wages of beauty. If people I don't care for are attracted to me, I accept it as the wages of beauty.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Why is it that everything I eat when I'm with you is so delicious?' I laughed. 'Could it be that you're satisfying hunger and lust at the same time? Why is it that everything I eat when I'm with you is so delicious?' I laughed. 'Could it be that you're satisfying hunger and lust at the same time?
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: But I have my life, I'm living it. It's twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there's something there. But I have my life, I'm living it. It's twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there's something there.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: He was quiet in the way people are when they believe the world would get along just fine without them. He was quiet in the way people are when they believe the world would get along just fine without them.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: these people, struggling so hard to impose a shape on a life when life has no shape, these people, struggling so hard to impose a shape on a life when life has no shape,
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life. Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I got dressed to begin another day. Over and over, we begin again. (Kitchen, 103) I got dressed to begin another day. Over and over, we begin again. (Kitchen, 103)
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Most people are constantly perpetrating little acts of violence on others, even when they don't mean to. Most people are constantly perpetrating little acts of violence on others, even when they don't mean to.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: For some reason I keep getting connected to men who have something to do with plants. For some reason I keep getting connected to men who have something to do with plants.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Maybe then our stopped time would move again." The Maybe then our stopped time would move again." The
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: It was the truth. I felt a yearning love for every instant that passed. It was the truth. I felt a yearning love for every instant that passed.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what my own voice sounded like.My knees were tired;my toes were beginning to ache. I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what my own voice sounded like.My knees were tired;my toes were beginning to ache.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities? Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities?
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even moreit's sad, but that's the truth. Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more
it's sad, but that's the truth.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends. Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: What was important wasn't the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time. What was important wasn't the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Over and over, we begin again. Over and over, we begin again.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive. No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat them - they change their colors. I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat them - they change their colors.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Love is love. It doesn't matter what kind it is. Love is love. It doesn't matter what kind it is.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: If you don't say what you're thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up. If you don't say what you're thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely. Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself. I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else. I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never make it to the top. Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never make it to the top.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: The ritual of our daily lives permeate our very bodies. The ritual of our daily lives permeate our very bodies.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: My body knows not to respond to fake love. I guess maybe that's what it means to have been brought up well. Mom, My body knows not to respond to fake love. I guess maybe that's what it means to have been brought up well. Mom,
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: A particular variety of loneliness, like peering deep into the darkness. It's only natural, when two separate universes touch. A particular variety of loneliness, like peering deep into the darkness.
It's only natural, when two separate universes touch.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: My loneliness was an important part of my own little universe, not some pathological disease that needs to be gotten [sic] rid of. My loneliness was an important part of my own little universe, not some pathological disease that needs to be gotten [sic] rid of.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something. Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ... And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: When my grandmother died, time died, too, in this apartment. When my grandmother died, time died, too, in this apartment.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Things keep coming around and around in this world, it's all crammed violently together, two parts of the same skin. Things keep coming around and around in this world, it's all crammed violently together, two parts of the same skin.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic. Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: When there's a plus, there's always a minus. If there's a powerful light, the darkness that is its opposite will be just as strong. When there's a plus, there's always a minus. If there's a powerful light, the darkness that is its opposite will be just as strong.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I wanted to strip and dance naked in front of them, because maybe then I could have demolished the fake, slimy atmosphere they had created. I wanted to strip and dance naked in front of them, because maybe then I could have demolished the fake, slimy atmosphere they had created.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: The lake has all sorts of different faces. And so it's always fresh. The lake has all sorts of different faces. And so it's always fresh.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: If you're always angry, always yelling at people, ultimately that just means you depend on them. If you're always angry, always yelling at people, ultimately that just means you depend on them.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Be sure to keep your tummy war, try to relax, both your heart and your body, try not to get flustered. Live like a flower. Be sure to keep your tummy war, try to relax, both your heart and your body, try not to get flustered. Live like a flower.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I read in some book that if you try to hold people back too much when they're dying it keeps them from being reborn as a Buddha, I read in some book that if you try to hold people back too much when they're dying it keeps them from being reborn as a Buddha,
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I wished my heart would break and get it over with. I wished my heart would break and get it over with.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water. Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Now only the kitchen and I are left. It's just a little nicer than being all alone. Now only the kitchen and I are left. It's just a little nicer than being all alone.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling. I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: This is what it means to be loved ... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender ... This is what it means to be loved ... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender ...
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me. You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I can't imagine a life without a story. I can't imagine a life without a story.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses. In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: As well as the way he always said Itadakimasu, quietly, before he started eating. As well as the way he always said Itadakimasu, quietly, before he started eating.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: If someone could give me some sort of evidence that what we're doing is really love, I'd be so tremendously relieved ... If someone could give me some sort of evidence that what we're doing is really love, I'd be so tremendously relieved ...
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: It was all your imagination. And imagination is sometimes worse than reality ... It was all your imagination. And imagination is sometimes worse than reality ...
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: It was as if his tears had nowhere to go, they were meant for god alone. It was as if his tears had nowhere to go, they were meant for god alone.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Just when one can't take anymore, one sees the moonlight. Beauty that seems to infuse itself into the heart: I know about that. Just when one can't take anymore, one sees the moonlight. Beauty that seems to infuse itself into the heart: I know about that.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: She was still there inside me now, just as she always was: a life put on hold, a memory I didn't know how to handle. She was still there inside me now, just as she always was: a life put on hold, a memory I didn't know how to handle.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you ... Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you ...
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: in this society, things you'd think could only be bad jokes actually happen all the time. in this society, things you'd think could only be bad jokes actually happen all the time.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider. No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: All I wanted was to get through this as quickly as possible, to see the day when memories be just memories. All I wanted was to get through this as quickly as possible, to see the day when memories be just memories.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I guess my mom was all he had-the one flower that smelled like freedom I guess my mom was all he had-the one flower that smelled like freedom
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Nakajima's presence didn't put any pressure on me, either. Quite the opposite: there was a warmth in the core of my chest when he was around. Nakajima's presence didn't put any pressure on me, either. Quite the opposite: there was a warmth in the core of my chest when he was around.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: People look so beautiful when their expressions show that they know they have a future. People look so beautiful when their expressions show that they know they have a future.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: They could smile back and forth without speaking, like soldiers who had fought side by side. The They could smile back and forth without speaking, like soldiers who had fought side by side. The
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: The night glittered brilliantly then. The night glittered brilliantly then.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Be sure to keep your tummy warm, try to relax, both your heart and your body, try not to get flustered. Live like a flower. You have that right. Be sure to keep your tummy warm, try to relax, both your heart and your body, try not to get flustered. Live like a flower. You have that right.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Just being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age. Just being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy. Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I was kind of tired, I guess, of knowing people are flesh. Flesh and water. I was kind of tired, I guess, of knowing people are flesh. Flesh and water.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Things are just things. They can't bring back the dead. it just makes me feel better. Things are just things. They can't bring back the dead. it just makes me feel better.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it. I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: In this world there is no place for sadness. No place; not one. In this world there is no place for sadness. No place; not one.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I don't put any stock in whatever it is that happens inside my head. I don't put any stock in whatever it is that happens inside my head.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: I was happy. I loved the night, I loved t so much it almost hurt. In the night everything seemed possible. I wasn't sleepy at all. I was happy. I loved the night, I loved t so much it almost hurt. In the night everything seemed possible. I wasn't sleepy at all.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: My fury was lofty, pure, cool. My fury was lofty, pure, cool.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: It was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world. It was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness. It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: Whenever you get something in this world, you lose something too - that's just the way things work. Whenever you get something in this world, you lose something too - that's just the way things work.
Banana Yoshimoto quotes: The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free. The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.

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