Quotes from book
The Lake

Name: The Lake
Author: Banana Yoshimoto

The Lake is a 2005 novel by Banana Yoshimoto, translated into English by Michael Emmerich, and inspired by the infamous, real-life Aum Shinrikyo cult

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

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

Source: The Lake

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

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

Source: The Lake

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

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

Source: 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 Lake

Source: The Lake

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

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

Source: The Lake

“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 Lake

Source: The Lake

“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.”

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

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

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

Source: The Lake

“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 Lake

Source: The Lake

“But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.”

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

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

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

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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.”

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

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“And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more…”

Banana Yoshimoto book The Lake

Source: 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 Lake

Source: The Lake

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