Chilled-looking people walking along the riverside, the snow beginning, faintly, to pile up on the roofs of cars, the bare trees shaking their heads left and right, dry leaves tossing in the wind. The silver of the metal window sash sparkling coldly. Soon after, I heard sensei call, "Mikage! Are you awake? It's snowing, look! It's snowing!" "I'm coming!" I called out, standing up. I got dressed to begin another day. Over and over, we begin again.
Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life. - Banana Yoshimoto
Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.
- Banana Yoshimoto
When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place. - Banana Yoshimoto
When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.
The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free. - Banana Yoshimoto
The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.
I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling. - Banana Yoshimoto
I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.
If you don’t say what you’re thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up. - Banana Yoshimoto
If you don’t say what you’re thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up.
When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love,… - Banana Yoshimoto
When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love,…
People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. - Banana Yoshimoto
People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.
Time expands and contracts. When it expands, it’s like pitch: it folds people in its arms and holds them forever in its embrace. It doesn’t let us go… - Banana Yoshimoto
Time expands and contracts. When it expands, it’s like pitch: it folds people in its arms and holds them forever in its embrace. It doesn’t let us go…
Over and over, we begin again. - Banana Yoshimoto
Over and over, we begin again.
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