Quotes from book
Kitchen

Name: Kitchen
Author: Banana Yoshimoto

Banana YoshimotoOriginal title キッチン (Japanese, 1988)

Kitchen （キッチン）is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto

“Over and over, we begin again.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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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.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“Fate is a ladder on which you cannot afford to miss a single rung. To skip out on even one step would mean you'll never make it to the top.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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“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 Kitchen

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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.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

“I held the feeling in my heart; the urge to discuss it died out. There was all the time in the world. In the endless repetition of other nights, other mornings, this moment, too, might become a dream.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

Source: Kitchen (1988)

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

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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“Why is it that everything I eat when I’m with you is so delicious?’ I laughed. ‘Could it be that you’re satisfying hunger and lust at the same time?”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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“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.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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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”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

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

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

Source: Kitchen (1988)

“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.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

Source: Kitchen (1988)

“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.”

Banana Yoshimoto book Kitchen

Source: Kitchen

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