Banana Yoshimoto citations (44 citations)

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“Les mots sont toujours trop abrupts, ils éteignent ce qu’il y a de plus précieux dans ces fragiles étincelles.”

Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Kitchen

Banana Yoshimoto: Citations en anglais

“Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”

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Banana Yoshimoto

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“Over and over, we begin again.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“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”

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Banana Yoshimoto

Source: N.P

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen (1988)

“No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Goodbye Tsugumi

Source: Goodbye Tsugumi (1989)

“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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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen (1988)

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

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen (1988)

“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre NP

Source: NP

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Goodbye Tsugumi

Source: Goodbye Tsugumi

“It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Goodbye Tsugumi

Source: Goodbye Tsugumi

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“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…”

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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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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“The sky was incredibly far away, and beautiful enough to make a person wonder why our hearts are never so free.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Asleep

Source: Asleep

“This is what it means to be loved… when someone wants to touch you, to be tender…”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“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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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: 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.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“It was at once a miracle and the most natural thing in the world.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“If you don’t say what you’re thinking, you end up lying when you really need to speak up.”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre The Lake

Source: The Lake

“Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).”

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Banana Yoshimoto livre Asleep

Source: Asleep

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