“Every time I look into his eyes I just want to take the ice cream or whatever I've got in my hand and rub it into his face. That's how much I like him.”Banana Yoshimoto book Goodbye TsugumiSource: Goodbye Tsugumi
“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.”Banana Yoshimoto book Goodbye TsugumiSource: Goodbye Tsugumi
“When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.”Banana Yoshimoto book The LakeSource: The Lake
“I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.”Banana Yoshimoto book The LakeSource: The Lake
“Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Sill, to cease living is unacceptable.”Banana Yoshimoto book KitchenSource: Kitchen
“Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water.”Banana Yoshimoto book The LakeSource: The Lake
“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.”Banana Yoshimoto book The LakeSource: The Lake
“I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.”Banana Yoshimoto book The LakeSource: The Lake