“I’ve traveled a long way today, I often think to myself.” — Banana Yoshimoto Long way Copy Share Image
“Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person’s mind. Nakajima” — Banana Yoshimoto Coffee Copy Share Image
“The lake has all sorts of different faces. And so it’s always fresh.” — Banana Yoshimoto Different faces 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
I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say… — Banana Yoshimoto Deep breath 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
Why is it that everything I eat when I’m with you is so delicious?’ I laughed. ‘Could it be that you’re satisfying… — Banana Yoshimoto Delicious 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
That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those… — Banana Yoshimoto Advantage 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
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
“Nunca lo he considerado así, pero ahora tengo la impresión de que era inevitable que me ocurriera. Me da la sensación de… — Banana Yoshimoto Amor 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
“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
“weren't we all the same as children?" eiko asked. "all of us, destined to become beautiful brides in fluffy white dresses!" she… — banana yoshimoto Brides 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
“Just because things turned out badly in the end doesn’t mean that anything has changed in my relationship with my mother. Everything… — Banana Yoshimoto Holding hands Copy Share Image
It was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world. — Banana Yoshimoto Miracle Copy Share Image
