“I’ve traveled a long way today, I often think to myself.” — Banana Yoshimoto Long way Copy Share Image
The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free. — Banana Yoshimoto Beautiful Copy Share Image
“these people, struggling so hard to impose a shape on a life when life has no shape,” — Banana Yoshimoto Life Copy Share Image
“Most people are constantly perpetrating little acts of violence on others, even when they don’t mean to.” — Banana Yoshimoto Acts of violence Copy Share Image
“People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within.” — Banana Yoshimoto Defeat Copy Share Image
If you don’t say what you’re thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up. — Banana Yoshimoto Ends Copy Share Image
“My body knows not to respond to fake love. I guess maybe that’s what it means to have been brought up well.… — Banana Yoshimoto Fake love Copy Share Image
“It was the truth. I felt a yearning love for every instant that passed.” — Banana Yoshimoto Love Copy Share Image
Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. — Banana Yoshimoto Again and again Copy Share Image
“There are many days when all the awful things that happen make you sick at heart, when the path before you is… — Banana Yoshimoto Heartbreak Copy Share Image
Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic. — Banana Yoshimoto Deals Copy Share Image
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 Higher Copy Share Image
“She could warm up the air, and then gently blow it out, just like a lily. She smelled of a syrup made… — Banana Yoshimoto Smelled Copy Share Image
“I know just how slimy people can be, and how people like that are during the daytime. They don’t get slimy at… — Banana Yoshimoto Wine Copy Share Image
You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like… — Banana Yoshimoto Darling Copy Share Image
“I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual despite of… — Banana Yoshimoto Annihilation Copy Share Image
it'll be this kind of deep blue”she said. “The kind of color that somehow sucks your eyes and your ears and all… — Banana Yoshimoto Blue Copy Share Image
Things look different depending on your perspective. As I see it, fighting to bridge those gaps isn't what really matters. The most… — Banana Yoshimoto Bridges Copy Share Image
From the bottom of my heart, I wanted to give up; I wanted to give up on living. There was no denying… — Banana Yoshimoto Bottom Copy Share Image
“… I was thinking, listlessly, is this what it means to be happy? But now I feel it in my gut. Why… — Banana Yoshimoto Feel Copy Share Image
“Living like that utterly convinced me of the extreme limitations of language. I was just a child then, so I had only… — Banana Yoshimoto Curiosity Copy Share Image
Ultimately, though, it's living people that frighten me the most. It's always seemed to me that nothing could be scarier than a… — Banana Yoshimoto Awful Copy Share Image
The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, if it’s… — Banana Yoshimoto Broken Copy Share Image
“With Lizard, I felt overwhelmed by the desire to touch her skin, to kiss her, hold her, make love to her,no matter… — Banana Yoshimoto Lizard Copy Share Image
The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman.… — Banana Yoshimoto Adam Copy Share Image
“Y me daba la sensación de que, aunque lo contemplara desde cierta distancia, observar el mar siempre me enseñaba alguna cosa. Puede… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
“We all believe we can choose our own path from among the many alternatives. But perhaps it's more accurate to say that… — Banana Yoshimoto Choice Copy Share Image
“I'll never be able to be here again. As the minutes slide by, I move on. The flow of time is something… — Banana Yoshimoto Flowing river Copy Share Image
With a cold"--she spoke evenly, lowering her eyes a little--"now is the hardest time. Maybe even harder than dying. But this is… — Banana Yoshimoto Accepting Copy Share Image
“Your love is different from mine. What I mean is, when you close your eyes, for that moment, the center of the… — Banana Yoshimoto Adam and eve Copy Share Image
“From the bottom of my heart, I wanted to give up; I wanted to give up on living. There was no denying… — Banana Yoshimoto Life Copy Share Image
“We've done so much together, wherever I go and whatever I see, I think of you. Newborn babies; the pattern on the… — Banana Yoshimoto Delicious food Copy Share Image
“ Life is a performance, I thought. Perthaps the word "illusion" would have meant more or less the same thing, but to… — Banana Yoshimoto Identity Copy Share Image
“I got dressed to begin another day. Over and over, we begin again. (Kitchen, 103)” — Banana Yoshimoto Another day Copy Share Image
“When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place. I” — Banana Yoshimoto Comfort Copy Share Image
People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. — Banana Yoshimoto Defeat Copy Share Image
“Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something.” — Banana Yoshimoto Football Copy Share Image
