“Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying motherhood lacks meaning. There's great dignity in the smallness of motherhood; we're essential in our… — Lydia Minatoya Copy Share Image
“I have noticed that when people tell their own stories, often it has less to do with wanting to communicate an idea to another… — Lydia Minatoya Copy Share Image
“Perhaps for many Japanese, autobiographical fiction writing is life. We are a people expected to complement, to harmonize, to anticipate one another's needs. All… — Lydia Minatoya Copy Share Image
“This was my ambition: to become a good wife and mother. Plus one improbable extra: [...] to find, deep inside, my own wiser self,… — Lydia Minatoya Copy Share Image
“There's a reason why I tell this story. To me these Sunday painters represent myo—the strangeness of beauty—an idea that transcendence can be found… — Lydia Minatoya Copy Share Image
“Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying motherhood lacks meaning. There's great dignity in the smallness of motherhood; we're essential in our contingency. And… — Lydia Minatoya Copy Share Image
