7 Quotes by Banana Yoshimoto about night


  • Author Banana Yoshimoto
  • Quote

    it'll be this kind of deep blue”she said. “The kind of color that somehow sucks your eyes and your ears and all your words —the color of a completely closed-in night

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Banana Yoshimoto
  • Quote

    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.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Banana Yoshimoto
  • Quote

    That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Banana Yoshimoto
  • Quote

    Ogni notte ha in serbo molte sorprese, e io cerco di non uscirne mai sconfitta, qualsiasi cosa accada [...]

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Banana Yoshimoto
  • Quote

    The only thing I’d understand right from the very beginning was that our love was supported by loneliness. That neither one of us could haul ourselves up out of the deadly numbness we felt when we lay together, so silent, in darkness so isolating it seemed to shine. This was the edge of night.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Banana Yoshimoto
  • Quote

    Era come se tutte le cose che vedevo fossero coperte da un filtro e io non riuscissi a pensare a niente in modo semplice e diretto. Ero stata catturata dal potere di quella notte.

  • Tags
  • Share