No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.
“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.” Banana Yoshimoto
“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.” Banana Yoshimoto
“At that moment I had a thrilling sharp intuition. I knew it as if I held it in my hands: In the gloom of death … Read More
“Here in this ocean, in the midst of all this water, with the red flags on those distant buoys flapping in the sea breeze, I … Read More
“For ten years I had been protected, wrapped up in something like a blanket that had been stitched together from all kinds of different things. … Read More
“Me, when I’m utterly exhausted by it all, when my skin breaks out, on those lonely evenings when I call my friends again and again … Read More
“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 … Read More
“You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me.” Banana … Read More
“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 … Read More
“Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities?” Banana Yoshimoto
“I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn’t have enough energy to do anything else.” Banana Yoshimoto
“In places where a loved one has died, time stops for eternity. If I stand on the very spot, one says to oneself, like a … Read More
“I should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.” Banana … Read More
“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 … Read More
“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 … Read More
“Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).” Banana Yoshimoto
“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 … Read More
“People who are going to get along really well know it almost as soon as they meet. You spend a little while talking and everyone … Read More
“Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.” Banana Yoshimoto
“So, have you been enjoying yourself these days, Kazami?’ I’m having lots of fun.’ It was true. That made the sense of regret even keener, … Read More
“Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold … Read More