Banana Yoshimoto quotes

Banana Yoshimoto is a celebrated Japanese writer, acclaimed for her novels exploring themes of love, loss, and modern life. Noted for her simple yet profound storytelling, her works have gained international recognition and many literary awards. She continues to captivate readers around the world with her unique voice and perspective. Here are 43 of her quotes:

Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. (Banana Yoshimoto)
Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you. View quote
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I was happy. I loved the night, I loved t so much it almost hurt. In the night everything seemed possible. I wasn't sleepy at all. View quote
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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. View quote
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Inching one's way along a steep cliff in the dark: on reaching the highway, one breathes a sigh of relief. Just when one can't take any more, one sees the moonlight. Beauty that seems to infuse itself into the heart: I know about that. View quote
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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. View quote
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What was important wasn't the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time. View quote
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I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness. View quote
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As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed. View quote
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No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider. View quote
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Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. (Banana Yoshimoto)
If you don't say what you're thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up. View quote
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Over and over, we begin again. View quote
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The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free. View quote
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Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life. View quote
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When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place. View quote
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People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within. View quote
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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. View quote
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It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness. View quote
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Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends. View quote
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I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat them - they change their colors. (Banana Yoshimoto)
Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy. View quote
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I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself. View quote
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You have the nicest window, you know? None of the others can even compete. It´s not flashy like the others, or bleary – your window gives of this nice, quiet light. View quote
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This world of ours is piled high with farewells and goodbyes of so many different kinds, like the evening sky renewing itself again and again from one instant to the next-and I didn't want to forget a single one. View quote
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Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto - Image
Photo: Popova Lyudmila, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: Japanese Writer
Born: July 24, 1964
Quotes count: 43
Wikipedia: Banana Yoshimoto

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