Banana Yoshimoto - Life Quotes

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So, have you been enjoying yourself these days, Kazami?' I'm having lots of fun.' It was true. That made the sense of regret even keener, that this time in my life would soon be a thing of the past. I felt as if I could understand a little of what my mother had been through, and the feelings she may have had at different times. I wasn't a child anymore, and this made me feel awfully lonesome, and utterly alone.

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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.

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But I have my life, I'm living it. It's twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there's something there.

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Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more—it's sad, but that's the truth.

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

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You know, Chihiro, darling- all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life, like me.

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Everyone lives the way she knows best. What I mean by 'their happiness' is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really, all of us, alone. That's not a bad thing.

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Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.

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Me, when I'm utterly exhausted by it all, when my skin breaks out, on those lonely evenings when I call my friends again and again and nobody's home, then I despise my own life - my birth, my upbringing, everything.

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