All Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
- Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person's mind. Change
- Of course, it’s true that sometimes the pink at sunrise somehow seems brighter than the pink at sunset, and that when you’re feeling down the… All
- It’s a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit together looking out at it, they stop caring whether they talk or… Bothered
- Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely. Always Lonely
- Living like that utterly convinced me of the extreme limitations of language. I was just a chlld then,so I have only an intuitive understanding of… Both
- Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. Defeated
- Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities? Adult
- I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else. Anything Else
- Ultimately, though, it's living people that frighten me the most. It's always seemed to me that nothing could be scarier than a person, because as… Always Seemed
- Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy. Beautiful
- I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it rushed into my… All
- Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can't make anything come out. And in the middle of the… All
- Inching one's way along a steep cliff in the dark: on reaching the highway, one breathes a sigh of relief. Just when one can't take… Along
- In places where a loved one has died, time stops for eternity. If I stand on the very spot, one says to oneself, like a… Ago
- From the bottom of my heart, I wanted to give up; I wanted to give up on living. There was no denying that tomorrow would… Bottom
- Each one of us continues to carry the heart of each self we've ever been, at every stage along the way, and a chaos of… All
- Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how old you… Already Happening
- We ran into lots of old friends. Friends from elementary school, junior high school, high school. Everyone had matured in their own way, and even… Directions
- For ten years I had been protected, wrapped up in something like a blanket that had been stitched together from all kinds of different things.… All
- So, have you been enjoying yourself these days, Kazami?' I'm having lots of fun.' It was true. That made the sense of regret even keener,… Alone
- In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one's life history is etched in the senses. Ebb
- People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. Defeat
- Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never… Afford
- There are many, many difficult times, god knows. If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and… Care
- I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not… Adopt