Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto is the pen name of Japanese writer Mahoko Yoshimoto . From 2002 to 2015, she wrote her name in hiragana.
"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 wont let my spirit be destroyed."
"People arent overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within."
"Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life."
"No matter where you are, youre always a bit on your own, always an outsider."
"Each one of us continues to carry the heart of each self weve ever been, at every stage along the way, and a chaos of everything good and rotten. And we have to carry this weight all alone, through each day that we live. We try to be as nice as we can to the people we love, but we alone support the weight of ourselves."
"Love is the kind of thing thats already happening by the time you notice it, thats how it works, and no matter how old you get, that doesnt change. Except that you can break it up into two entirely distinct types—love where theres an end in sight and love where there isnt. People in love understand that better than anyone. When theres no end in sight, it means youre headed for something huge."
