“I’ve traveled a long way today, I often think to myself.” — Banana Yoshimoto Long way 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 at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world. — Banana Yoshimoto Miracle 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
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
“It was the truth. I felt a yearning love for every instant that passed.” — Banana Yoshimoto Love Copy Share Image
People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. — Banana Yoshimoto Defeat Copy Share Image
Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities? — Banana Yoshimoto Adults Copy Share Image
“Everything in my life revolves around people playing at being something.” — Banana Yoshimoto Football Copy Share Image
“Eriko raised me that way," he said, laughing. "If I didn't open the door for her, she'd get mad and refuse to… — Banana Yoshimoto Raised Copy Share Image
I was happy. I loved the night, I loved t so much it almost hurt. In the night everything seemed possible. I… — Banana Yoshimoto Happy Copy Share Image
Here in this ocean, in the midst of all this water, with the red flags on those distant buoys flapping in the… — Banana Yoshimoto Breeze Copy Share Image
“¡Que maravilla! Me basta con que él esté a mi lado; no necesito que sea mío. Todo el mundo disfruta recostándose bajo… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
“In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of one's life history is etched in the senses. And things… — Banana Yoshimoto Ebb and flow Copy Share Image
“Perhaps there are people in this world who love their fountain pens with every fiber of their being—and that's very sad. If… — Banana Yoshimoto Fountain pen Copy Share Image
I held the feeling in my heart; the urge to discuss it died out. There was all the time in the world.… — Banana Yoshimoto Dream Copy Share Image
“We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying.… — Banana Yoshimoto Dying 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
“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
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 Love Copy Share Image
To the extent that I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on… — Banana Yoshimoto Adults 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
“Perhaps it’s because she spends all her time sleeping—she comes and goes just as she pleases in the world of her dreams,… — Banana Yoshimoto Dreams Copy Share Image
I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it… — Banana Yoshimoto Beautiful 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
“These women lived their lives happily. They had been taught, probably by loving parents, not to exceed the boundaries of their happiness… — Banana Yoshimoto Bad thing 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
“The days I’d passed with my mom before she died were still there, it seemed, seared into the corners of my heart.… — banana yoshimoto Fiction 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
“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
“It was only after my head started reeling and my body started weaving and I tumbled into bed that I'd hear that… — Banana Yoshimoto Kind words Copy Share Image
