The Forest Brims Over Quotes

“If that novel was so cruel and selfish, written without his wife’s consent, what was I doing being so moved by it?”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“Love that comes from reason and reflection is a lot more difficult and noble than instinctive love.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“Talvolta percepiva nei "perché" delle donne una richiesta truculenta, tipo "Dissezionati! Asporta le tue parti più crudeli!", accompagnata da un'arroganza inconsapevole, come se le persone potessero essere fatte solo di rettitudine.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“She wondered whether those lonely droplets spilling slowly down the cliff edge had any idea that they would one day combine into a great river.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“He could feel seat beginning to bead down his back as various passages from Tears flashed before his eyes.

The touch of a firm, smooth green pepper, the unexpected moisture and warmth of its folds and interior, the way that its hard, distant flesh seemed to unravel and ripen the more you looked at it. The images from Tears that she conjured up were sensual, comfortable even, and irresistibly arousing. It was difficult to meet her gaze.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“Finally, in the same tone of voice that someone might use when announcing that they had at last managed to post a set of documents that they had forgotten to send out, Nowatari said: “My wife has germinated.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“…she found it impossible to strike a balance between HER childcare and professional duties.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“There was a green watering can on the floor.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“You haven’t apologized yet.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“a customer, all you think about is expressing your own sense of beauty. That’s not the job of a trader. That’s why, no matter how unsteady his hand might be, your brother, who takes”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“You act like you’re dressing a doll. When you see”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“that life wasn’t about competing with others but rather enriching oneself as an individual.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“Because it felt feminine to put emotion before rationality, to fall madly in love, to surrender one’s own existence to support a man.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“If you dress up in a stylish pantsuit, going on and on about your own opinions, they freeze up. Just like that, their minds slam shut, and they don’t hear a thing. You’re better off wearing a skirt and sweater or something soft that old men might like, nodding along to whatever they feel like saying while gently guiding them toward what you think is best with a few quick and considered comments.” In other words, that was”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“The theme was to be miscommunication between men and women, with the story revolving around a couple who suddenly found themselves always talking at cross-purposes, Nowatari explained.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“She has an innocence, a purity of mind like a delicate glass vessel, untainted by soiled ideas or thoughts. I wrote about the same kind of woman in my last short story, but I think it will have more impact in a novel-length work.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“Her body, with her unadorned shorts and naked torso, reminded me of the little green peppers that I had fumbled with as a child in the fields under the blazing summer sun.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“«Tu non esci mai da questa foresta? Non c'è qualcosa che vorresti fare?»
«Io faccio già ciò che più mi rende felice, cioè amare.»
«Se amare è la cosa che ti rende più felice, perché il tuo innamorato non è qui?»
«Il mio compito è amare, lui invece ha cose straordinarie da compiere.»”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over

“Penso che un amore che si cerca di proteggere con la ragione sia ben più complesso e nobile di quello che nasce dall'istinto.”
― Maru Ayase, The Forest Brims Over