Over and over, we begin again.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOEverything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
More Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
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I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat them – they change their colors.
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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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Her eyes were those of someone who’s just fallen in love, someone who sees nothing but her lover, someone who has no fear of anything. The eyes of someone who believes that every dream will come true, that reality will move if you just give it a push.
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The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.
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Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.
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I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.
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People aren’t overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.
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I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.
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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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Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time.
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What 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.
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When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.
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Why is it that everything I eat when I’m with you is so delicious?’ I laughed. ‘Could it be that you’re satisfying hunger and lust at the same time?
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You have the nicest window, you know? None of the others can even compete. It´s not flashy like the others, or bleary – your window gives of this nice, quiet light.
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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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