337 Quotes by Banana Yoshimoto

Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.

All the possibilities for growth seemed to be closed off for us. Like plants in a greenhouse, we depended on each other, but neither of us enjoyed the feelings of release or openness that one would wish from such a relationship. We just sat together in the dark, licking each other’s wounds and clinging together for warmth, like an old couple.

Quando lo stesso tema si presenta per ben due volte in poco tempo, bisogna prestarvi attenzione.

Tutto sommato trovo stimolanti le emozioni che si provano quando si viene a contatto con modi di pensare diversi dai nostri, ho l’impressione che le mie vedute si amplino.

In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions much of one’s life history is etched in the senses.

We all believe we can choose our own path from among the many alternatives. But perhaps it’s more accurate to say that we make the choice unconsciously. I think I did- but now I knew it, because now I was able to put it into words. But I don’t mean this in the fatalistic sense; we’re constantly making choices. With the breaths we take every day, with the expression in our eyes, with the daily actions we do over and over, we decide as though by instinct.

Was that what it means to be an adult, to live with ugly ambiguities?

Most people are constantly perpetrating little acts of violence on others, even when they don’t mean to.

Her eyes were those of someone who’s just fallen in love, someone who sees nothing but her lover, someone who has no fear of anything. The eyes of someone who believes that every dream will come true, that reality will move if you just give it a push.