Good tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person’s mind.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOGood tea is eloquent enough, it turns out, to change a person’s mind.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOPeople aren’t overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOit’ll be this kind of deep blue”she said. “The kind of color that somehow sucks your eyes and your ears and all your words -the color of a completely closed-in night
BANANA YOSHIMOTOI love feeling the rhythm of other people’s lives. It’s like traveling.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOYou know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOTruly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOEverything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOEverything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more–it’s sad, but that’s the truth.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOAs I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOThis 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.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOEveryone 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.
BANANA YOSHIMOTONothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).
BANANA YOSHIMOTOIt 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.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOWhen things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOOn nights like this when the air is so clear, you end up saying things you ordinarily wouldn’t. Without even noticing what you’re doing, you open up your heart and just start talking to the person next to you-you talk as if you have no audience but the glittering stars, far overhead.
BANANA YOSHIMOTOIt was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world.
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