Memory Quote by Yōko Ogawa

“I couldn't reach him from here even if I tried.”

— Yōko Ogawa

“A problem isn't finished just because you've found the right answer.”

— Yoko Ogawa

“Are all things quantifiable, and all numbers fraught with poetic possibility?”

— Yōko Ogawa

“Solving a problem for which you know there's an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone else has…

— Yoko Ogawa

“When we grow up, we find ways to hide our anxieties, our loneliness, our fear and sorrow. But children hide nothing, putting everything into…

— Yoko Ogawa

“He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”

— Yoko Ogawa

“Since that time, I've had many similar moments, and I can never hear the words "family" and "home" without feeling that they sound strange,…

— Yōko Ogawa

“He seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”

— Yoko Ogawa

“The room was filled with a kind of stillness. Not simply an absence of noise, but an accumulation of layers of silence...”

— Yôko Ogawa

The truly correct proof is one that strikes a harmonious balance between strength and flexibility. There are plenty of proofs that are technically correct…

— Yoko Ogawa

“The ancient Greeks thought there was no need to count something that was nothing. And since it was nothing, they held that it was…

— Yōko Ogawa

“Sometimes I wish I could describe how wonderful I feel in those few seconds from the time he spreads his arms above his head,…

— Yōko Ogawa