Banana Yoshimoto

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.

all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life

If you’re always angry, always yelling at people, ultimately that just means you depend on them

Tsugumi has just thrown away her life

Tsugumi’s very presence linked us to something huge.

Her jewellike pupils stared back at me, very large in her small face

I felt somewhat bewildered, somewhat disbelieving.

get a grip on yourself.”

I try to stir myself up,

If I don’t get back on track somehow, I’m dead, that’s the sense I get