Nguyen Hanh

“Nothing exists in this world but me and my bed…” (p. 141).”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Asleep

“That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

“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 won't let my spirit be destroyed.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“On nights like this when the air is so clear, you end up saying things you ordinarily wouldn’t. Without even noticing what you’re doing, you open up your heart and just start talking to the person next to you—you talk as if you have no audience but the glittering stars, far overhead.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Goodbye Tsugumi