Eiko Quotes

How wonderful it is to have a place to return to.

she was impressed that a single ray of sun could make the world this beautiful.

Kiki don't get too hung up on appearances, it's your heart that's important

I’ve come to believe that everyone has some type of magic inside them. If a person can find their magic and lovingly cultivate it, they’ll truly feel alive every day.

humans are so quick to decide that anything they don't understand is evil.

everyone has some type of magic inside them. If a person can find their magic and lovingly cultivate it, they'll truly feel alive every day.

those who complain too much can't hear nice noises.

weren't we all the same as children?" eiko asked. "all of us, destined to become beautiful brides in fluffy white dresses!" she giggled to herself. "where did we go wrong?" isn't that what keeps life interesting?" i replied. "and who knows? next year you could be somebody's wife. no one knows what will happen." sometimes i think it would be wonderful just to stay the way i am forever, just kick back and space out during the afternoon thinking about all the exciting things that the night will bring, all the naughty things i might take part in." she snickered again. well," i said, "aren't you the happy one." she squinted her tiny nose and laughed. dawn was breaking as we said good-bye. i saw her off by watching her small body disappear into the background, her high heels clapping along, echoing in the early morning city. my drunkenness, the sunrise, the bright sky, and a friend who was leaving. if i had died in my fall i would have missed that morning - that splendid sunrise over tokyo.

It was a good year for both of us, wasn’t it?

They might be different, but humans are so quick to decide that anything they don't understand is evil.

Being able to fly isn't always easy, huh? "Yeah, although not being able to fly must be hard, too," Kiki said, finally smiling at him.

A good secret makes things three times as nice.

But then I'll be just like a snail stuck in my shell my whole life. Apologies to snails, but I don't want to be like that!

So many things were on her mind that even though she was home, she felt like she was just stopping by and couldn’t quite relax. She had only lived in Koriko for a year—this longing to return was strange and unexpected, even for her.

I’ve come to believe that everyone has some type of magic inside them. If a person can find their magic and lovingly cultivate it, they’ll truly feel alive every day. There is magic inside each and every one of you, too— I believe that.

Don't be so modest. Having a unique name is best...sticks in you head! That's one trick to doing business.

Take very good care of it-your stomach is the center of the universe.

まにあわせ屋さんのまにあわせ。まにあえば、しあわせ、まにあわなければ、ふしあわせ

I’m sorry. I thought you were trying to steal the sandwich from me,” Rose muttered as she sat on his handkerchief. “I would never do that.” “Why not?” “There isn’t an idiot in the world who would snatch away something that delights the woman he loves.

I buried him on the far side of the mountain in Dong Chong-ri, facing south toward the sea. That way he could see South Korea, his mother country. His funeral was a perfunctory affair in the administration office of the factory where I worked. I didn’t know where Eiko was, so I couldn’t even tell her of our father’s death. I sent Hifumi a telegram, but she didn’t arrive in time. My father had so many friends over the cours

A few days after Eiko’s wedding, we learned Young had hanged himself. In his suicide note he wrote: I’ve lost face so much, I can’t live any longer. And so ended the life of a kind and decent man. By the time my father went to see his body, it had already been taken away by the secret police. His wife committed suicide a few days later.

When we got back to our house, the villagers who’d had helped carry her coffin as far as the mountainside were there, partaking enthusiastically of the food and drink that Eiko had provided. It made me sick. When my mother was alive, they never gave her the time of day. Now, here they were, eating and drinking in honor of her death. I couldn’t bear the hypocrisy of their actions—why didn’t they just go and dance on her grave?

Fall

everyone has some type of magic inside them. If a person can find their magic and lovingly cultivate it, they'll truly feel alive every day.

Once, there was a little town sandwiched between a deep forest and gentle grassy hills. The town was built on an easy southward slope, its roofs the color of dark slices of toast all in a row. Clustered in the center of town, near the train station, were the town hall, the police station, the fire station, and the school. It was a normal town, one you could find anywhere. But if you paid close attention, you’d find things you wouldn’t usually see.

Witches have never done anything wrong. They might be different, but humans are so quick to decide that anything they don’t understand is evil. I thought that was an old-fashioned idea, but—” “So you have to show them. In other words, you need to advertise.

hate the idea of living my life constantly worrying about what people will say—I’m going to do whatever I want!

evil. I thought that was an old-fashioned idea, but—

I’m going to follow in my mom’s footsteps and become a hairdresser.

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you jealous of a stuffed animal that can’t even move around?