Jo

“Amare non significa soltanto preoccuparsi l'uno per l'altra, abbracciarsi, voler stare insieme. Ci sono momenti in cui comunichiamo più con il silenzio che con le parole.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake

“People tend to think they break up because they get tired of the person they've been with---that it's someone's decision, either yours or theirs. But this really isn't true. Periods in our lives end the way seasons change. That's all there is to it. Human willpower can't change that--which means, if you look at it another way, that we might as well enjoy ourselves until that day arrives.”
― Banana Yoshimoto

“Thanks so much for seeing, the first time you met us, that even though we're like ghosts, the two of us, even though we're not supposed to exist, we are alive.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake

“I’ll never be able to be here again. As the minutes slide by, I move on. The flow of time is something I cannot stop. I haven’t a choice. I go. One caravan has stopped, another starts up. There are people I have yet to meet, others I’ll never see again. People who are gone before you know it, people who are just passing through. Even as we exchange hellos, they seem to grow transparent. I must keep living with the flowing river before my eyes.”
― Banana Yoshimoto