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Banana Yoshimoto is a Japanese writer celebrated for her minimalist and introspective style. Born on July 24, 1964, she gained prominence in the 1990s with her novel 'Kitchen'. Yoshimoto's works often delve into themes of loneliness, youth, and the complexities of human relationships.

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“Ultimately, though, it's living people that frighten me the most. It's always seemed to me that nothing could be scarier than a person, because as dreadful places can be, they're still just places; and no matter how awful ghosts might seem, they're just dead people. I always thought that the most terrifying things anyone could ever think up were the things living people came up with.”

People Thinking Persons Stills Matter Seems Might Ghost Awful Dead People

Book:Hardboiled: & Hard Luck

Source: Hardboiled: & Hard Luck

“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 entirely distinct types -- love where there's an end in sight and love where there isn't.”

Love Kind Two Ends Matter Love Is Break Type Happenings And Love Sight Old You

Book:Goodbye Tsugumi

Source: Goodbye Tsugumi

“I never tell my boyfriend that I'm busy when I'm not. No matter how effective they are, cheap techniques like that just don't agree with me. So it's always okay, it's always all right. In my opinion the surest way to hook a man is to be as open with him as possible.”

Men Way Matter Opinion Okay Agree Busy Technique Hook My Boyfriend

Author:Banana Yoshimoto

“No matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.”

Want Matter Dies Alive Awareness No Matter What

Book:Three plays

Source: Three plays

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

Matter Bits Inspire Travel Where You Are Outsiders

Book:Goodbye Tsugumi

Source: Goodbye Tsugumi

“Things look different depending on your perspective. As I see it, fighting to bridge those gaps isn't what really matters. The most important thing is to know them inside and out, as differences, and to understand why certain people are the way they are.”

People Knows Way Looks Important Different Matter Certain Fighting Differences Perspective Important Things Bridges Gaps

Book:The Lake

Source: The Lake

“The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, if it’s a kitchen, if it’s a place where they make food, it’s fine with me. Ideally it should be well broken in. Lots of tea towels, dry and immaculate. Where tile catching the light (ting! Ting!)” (p. 3).”

Ifs World Should Wells Kind Matter Light This World Broken Fine No Matter What Tea Kitchen Dry Catching Towels Immaculate Tiles

Book:Three plays

Source: Three plays

“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.”

Mind Heart Matter Expected Pounds Chests Far Away Shocking Ache Heart Ache

Book:Asleep

Source: Asleep

“I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat them - they change their colors.”

People Way Believe Matter Certain Color Treats Old People

Book:Asleep

Source: Asleep

“It’s a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit together looking out at it, they stop caring whether they talk or stay silent. You never get tired of watching it. And no matter how rough the waves get, you’re never bothered by the noise the water makes by the commotion of the surface - it never seems too loud, or too wild.”

People Two Matter Reason Seems Together Water Ocean Tired Silent Wave Caring Surface Noise Loud Rough Marvelous Bothered Marvelous Things Stop Caring

Book:Goodbye Tsugumi

Source: Goodbye Tsugumi

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Born: July 24, 1964
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 196

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