She was still there inside me now, just as she always was: a life put on hold, a memory I didn’t know how to handle.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOWhat was important wasn’t the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time.
More Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
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The night glittered brilliantly then.
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Every time I look into his eyes I just want to take the ice cream or whatever I’ve got in my hand and rub it into his face. That’s how much I like him.
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Over and over, we begin again.
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Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated.
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People aren’t overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.
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Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
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Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who’ve been through something traumatic.
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When someone tells you something big, it’s like you’re taking money from them, and there’s no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.
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In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one’s life history is etched in the senses.
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I love feeling the rhythm of other people’s lives. It’s like traveling.
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I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what my own voice sounded like.My knees were tired;my toes were beginning to ache.
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Everyone lives the way she knows best. What I mean by ‘their happiness’ is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really, all of us, alone. That’s not a bad thing.
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It was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world.
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I was happy. I loved the night, I loved t so much it almost hurt. In the night everything seemed possible. I wasn’t sleepy at all.
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No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.
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