Quotes from book

Asleep

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

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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”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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“It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Asleep

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