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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.

Banana Yoshimoto

To the extent that I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual in spite of it, I had become hardened. Was this what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities? I didn’t like it, but it made it easier to go on.
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Adults Despair Mean
Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.
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Back Happy Life Memories Shining
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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Important Sky Together
Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time.
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Disappear Failing Someday
Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
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Beautiful Crazy Enough
This world of ours is piled high with farewells and goodbyes of so many different kinds, like the evening sky renewing itself again and again from one instant to the next-and I didn’t want to forget a single one.
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Farewell Goodbye Sky
Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).
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Bed Exist Nothing World
People aren’t overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.
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Defeat Overcoming People
No matter where you are, you’re always a bit on your own, always an outsider.
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Inspire Matter Travel
The night glittered brilliantly then.
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Brilliant Glitter Night
But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.
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Guilt Twist Uncertain
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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Fate Mean Missing
It was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world.
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Miracle Natural World
It didn’t matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.
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Heart Matter Mind
Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
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Heart Light People
I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn’t have enough energy to do anything else.
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Culture Energy Thinking

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