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Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.

— Banana Yoshimoto Kitchen (1988)

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More quotes by Banana Yoshimoto

No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.

Goodbye Tsugumi (1989)

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces; defeat invades from within.

Kitchen (1988)

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.

Goodbye Tsugumi (1989)

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Man should possess an infinite appetite for life. It should be self-evident to him, all the time, that life is superb, glorious, endlessly rich, infinitely desirable.

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To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

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In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important a function as recollecting.

William James The Principles of Psychology (1890)

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