337 Quotes by Banana Yoshimoto

She was still there inside me now, just as she always was: a life put on hold, a memory I didn't know how to handle.

But that’s only because we have to be that way in order to get on with our lives. Just because people are playing doesn’t mean their hearts aren’t in it.

On 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.

A particular variety of loneliness, like peering deep into the darkness. It's only natural, when two separate universes touch.

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.

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, I was always lonely.

It was the truth. I felt a yearning love for every instant that passed.

When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.

The ritual of our daily lives permeate our very bodies.