126 quotes found
Writer · Japanese · 1964
Japanese writer (born 1964)
“I can't imagine a life without a story.”
“Love is love. It doesn't matter what kind it is.”
“I wished my heart would break and get it over with.”
“Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how old you get, that doesn't change. Except that you can break it up into two entir...”
“Her eyes were those of someone who's just fallen in love, someone who sees nothing but her lover, someone who has no fear of anything. The eyes of someone who believes that every dream will come tr...”
“No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.”
“But I have my life, Im living it. Its twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, theres something there.”
“Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.”
“When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.Someday, without fail, ever...”
“But if a person hasn't ever experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding what joy really is. I'm grateful for it.”
“And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...”
“...there's nothing wrong with being a little hopeful. Who says you can't warm your frozen limbs in the faint heat of a flicker of hope?”
“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.”
“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.”
“I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.”
“I was kind of tired, I guess, of knowing people are flesh. Flesh and water.”
“On nights like this when the air is so clear, you end up saying things you ordinarily wouldnt. Without even noticing what youre doing, you open up your heart and just start talking to the person ne...”
“It didn't matter whether he was nearby or far away. His image would drift up into your mind just when you least expected it, shocking you, making your chest pound. Making your heart ache.”
“Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Sill, to cease living is unacceptable.”
“Living like that utterly convinced me of the extreme limitations of language. I was just a child then, so I had only an intuitive understanding of the degree to which one losses control of words on...”
“I saw the sky and sea and sand and the flickering flames of the bonfire through my tears. All at once, it rushed into my head with tremendous speed, and made me feel dizzy. It was beautiful. Everyt...”
“If a person hasn't ever experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life; never understanding what joy really is.”
“Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can't make anything come out. And in the middle of the night I lie here thinking about all this. If I don't get back on track someh...”
