“The place I like best in the world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, if it’s a kitchen, if it’s a place where they make food, it’s fine with me...Now only the kitchen and I are left. It is just a little nicer than being alone. When I’m dead worn out, in a reverie, I often think that when it comes time to die, I want to breathe my last breath in a kitchen. Whether it’s cold and I’m all alone, or somebody’s there and it’s warm, I’ll stare death fearlessly in the eye. If it’s a kitchen, I’ll think, ‘How good.”
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Banana Yoshimoto,
Kitchen
