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title: "1 People Gone Quotes By Banana Yoshimoto"
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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/i-ll-never-be-able-to-be-here-again-as-the-minutes-slide-by-i-move-on/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

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## More by Banana Yoshimoto

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/it-ll-be-this-kind-of-deep-blue-she-said-the-kind-of-color-that/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“People look so beautiful when their expressions show that they know they have a future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/people-look-so-beautiful-when-their-expressions-show-that-they-know/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“I don’t put any stock in whatever it is that happens inside my head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/i-don-t-put-any-stock-in-whatever-it-is-that-happens-inside-my-head/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/the-way-we-think-may-be-completely-different-but-you-and-i-are-an/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/i-love-feeling-the-rhythm-of-other-people-s-lives-it-s-like-traveling/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/but-that-s-only-because-we-have-to-be-that-way-in-order-to-get-on/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/i-know-just-how-slimy-people-can-be-and-how-people-like-that-are/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“I wanted to strip and dance naked in front of them, because maybe then I could have demolished the fake, slimy atmosphere they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/i-wanted-to-strip-and-dance-naked-in-front-of-them-because-maybe-then/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [I held the feeling in my heart; the urge to discuss it died out. There was all the time in the world. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/i-held-the-feeling-in-my-heart-the-urge-to-discuss-it-died-out-there/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/everything-in-my-life-revolves-around-people-playing-at-being/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/when-things-get-really-bad-you-take-comfort-in-the-placeness-of-a/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/and-usually-when-it-s-all-over-i-find-that-everything-has-come/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/in-the-uncertain-ebb-and-flow-of-time-and-emotions-much-of-one-s-life/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/everything-that-had-happened-was-shockingly-beautiful-enough-to-make/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banana-yoshimoto/perhaps-there-are-people-in-this-world-who-love-their-fountain-pens/)

[Banana Yoshimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banana-yoshimoto/)

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