Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).
BANANA YOSHIMOTOIt was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world.
More Banana Yoshimoto Quotes
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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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I held the feeling in my heart; the urge to discuss it died out. There was all the time in the world. In the endless repetition of other nights, other mornings, this moment, too, might become a dream.
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Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated – defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Sill, to cease living is unacceptable.
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Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities?
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You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me.
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Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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I wonder what it felt to move to a country where you didn’t grow up. I had thought about that often since my sister got married. Do you become a character in a story native to that land, or do you, somewhere in your heart, want to return to your homeland.
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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 make it to the top.
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No matter where you are, you’re always a bit on your own, always an outsider.
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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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That’s the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done
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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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Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person’s mind.
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I love feeling the rhythm of other people’s lives. It’s like traveling.
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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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