“I'll never be able to be here again. As the minutes slide by, I move on. The flow of time is something I cannot stop. I haven't a choice. I go. One caravan has stopped, another starts up. There are… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
This world of ours is piled high with farewells and goodbyes of so many different kinds, like the evening sky renewing itself again and again from one instant to the next-and I didn’t want to forget a single one. — Banana Yoshimoto 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 your words… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“People look so beautiful when their expressions show that they know they have a future.” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman. We are… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling. — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“But that’s only because we have to be that way in order to get on with our lives. Just because people are playing doesn’t… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“I know just how slimy people can be, and how people like that are during the daytime. They don’t get slimy at night because… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“I wanted to strip and dance naked in front of them, because maybe then I could have demolished the fake, slimy atmosphere they had… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
I held the feeling in my heart; the urge to discuss it died out. There was all the time in the world. In the… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something.” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place. I” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“And usually, when it’s all over, I find that everything has come together surprisingly well. When that happens, I feel like I’ve been dancing,… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of one's life history is etched in the senses. And things of no… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy. — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
“Perhaps there are people in this world who love their fountain pens with every fiber of their being—and that's very sad. If you're not… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share
