10 Quotes by Durian Sukegawa

Anyone is capable of making a positive contribution to the world through simple observation, irrespective of circumstance.

All experience adds up to a life lived as only you could. I feel sure the day will come when you can say: this is my life. You may never become a writer or a master cook, but I do believe there will be a time when you can stand tall as yourself in your own unique way.

We are born in order to see and listen to the world.

All experience adds up to a life lived as only you could.

J'ai toujours fait des gâteaux. Parce que sinon, la vie était trop dure. Faire des gâteaux, c'était un défi, et un combat.

When I was little I didn't have any special dream about what I wanted to do when I grew up. It was wartime, and we were all more preoccupied by a vague kind of anxiety about simply staying alive. But after I became ill and realized that I would never be able to go out into society again, I started dreaming about what I wanted to be which was hard.

I don't want to disappoint you, but Toku herself said at the time that she couldn't actually hear the voices of beans. But if you live in the belief that they can be heard, then someday you might be able to hear them. She said that was the only way for us to live, to be like the poets. That's what she said. If all you ever see is reality, you just want to die. The only way to get over barriers, she said, is to live in the spirit of already being over them.

天生園に遊びにくる鳥たち、虫、木々、草や花。風、雨、光。お月様。すべてに言葉があると私は信じています。それを聞いているだけで、一日はもう目一杯です。天生園の森のなかにいるだけで、世界はそこにあるのです。夜に星のささやきを聞いているだけで、永劫の時の流れも感じられます。

All experience adds up to a life lived as only you could. I feel sure the day will come when you can say: this is my life.