“I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual despite of… — Banana Yoshimoto Despair Copy Share Image
Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can't make anything come out. And in the… — Banana Yoshimoto Because i can Copy Share Image
“When we start something new, at first it is very muddy, and clouded. But soon, it becomes a clean stream, whose flows… — Banana Yoshimoto Start Something New Copy Share Image
“But if a person has never experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life;… — Banana Yoshimoto Despair 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 Life Copy Share Image
In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses. — Banana Yoshimoto Ebb and flow Copy Share Image
Chilled-looking people walking along the riverside, the snow beginning, faintly, to pile up on the roofs of cars, the bare trees shaking… — Banana Yoshimoto Another day Copy Share Image
“I guess my mom was all he had-the one flower that smelled like freedom” — Banana Yoshimoto Flower 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 Copy Share Image
“I’ve traveled a long way today, I often think to myself.” — Banana Yoshimoto Long way Copy Share Image
“She walks away as if she were going to disappear. I wonder if I’ll ever see her again." I turned and saw… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
“People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within.” — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
Inching one's way along a steep cliff in the dark: on reaching the highway, one breathes a sigh of relief. Just when… — Banana Yoshimoto Breathe 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
For ten years I had been protected, wrapped up in something like a blanket that had been stitched together from all kinds… — Banana Yoshimoto All kinds Copy Share Image
I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat… — Banana Yoshimoto Believe Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that if I were a ghost, this ambiance was what I'd miss most: the ordinary, day-to-day bustle of… — Banana Yoshimoto Bustle Copy Share Image
But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there. — Banana Yoshimoto Guilt 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
“Everyone we love is dying. Still, to cease living is unacceptable.” — Banana Yoshimoto Death Copy Share Image
“Nakajima’s past would always be there, so the foundation could crumble at any moment. That’s what happens, I realized, when people destroy… — Banana Yoshimoto Psychology Copy Share Image
“That resplendent space created by a piece of fiction can really expand the width of time... Clearly there is a spot somewhere… — Banana Yoshimoto Books Copy Share Image
“Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I… — Banana Yoshimoto Inspirational Copy Share Image
This is what it means to be loved... when someone wants to touch you, to be tender... — Banana Yoshimoto Love Copy Share Image
“The room was so unearthly quiet, I lost all sense of time being divided into seconds. I felt that I was the… — Banana Yoshimoto Time Copy Share Image
