Banana Yoshimoto

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.

all it takes is one little wrong step and you end up feeling frustrated your whole life

If you’re always angry, always yelling at people, ultimately that just means you depend on them

Feverish eyes see a world in limbo, one that soars up aggressively

“Luckily mademoiselle’s spirit has enough kick for two,” I grinned.

hell of a wet blanket

Tsugumi refrained from bragging about how magnificent she looked

Tsugumi has always been good at getting people like him on her side. Maybe because she really needs them

Kyōichi wasn’t content to let the matter drop so easily.

We see all kinds of different things as we grow up. And with each instant that passes we change into something new. We keep moving forward, and as we move we keep being confronted by this fact, over and over again, in many different ways.