Quotes from Banana Yoshimoto

I never tell my boyfriend that I'm busy when I'm not. No matter how effective they are, cheap techniques like that just don't agree with me. So it's always okay, it's always all right. In my opinion the surest way to hook a man is to be as open with him as possible.

I spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else.

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

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.

Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.

Things are just things. They can't bring back the dead. it just makes me feel better.

I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.