Lizard Banana Yoshimoto Quotes

No one can survive childhood without being wounded. Everyone remembers at least one time when their parents rejected them, pushed them away, even though they may have still been in the womb, blind, and unable to speak. That's why, as adults, we all look for someone to become our parents again, and for someone to look after us in times of need. And we search for a person to live with who can provide the companionship we so desperately want.

Your love is different from mine. What I mean is, when you close your eyes, for that moment, the center of the universe comes to reside within you. And you become a small figure within that vastness, which spreads without limit behind you, and continues to expand at tremendous speed, to engulf all of my past, even before I was born, and every word I've ever written, and each view I've seen, and all the constellations, and the darkness of outer space that surrounds the small blue ball that is earth. Then, when you open your eyes, all that disappears. I anticipate the next time you are troubled and must close your eyes again. The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman. We are the model for Adam and Eve. For all couples in love, there comes a moment when a man gazes at a woman with the very same kind of realization. It is an infinite helix, the dance of two souls resonating, like the twist of DNA, like the vast universe. Oddly, at that moment, she looked over at me and smiled. As if in response to what I'd been thinking, she said, "That was beautiful. I'll never forget it.

With Lizard, I felt overwhelmed by the desire to touch her skin, to kiss her, hold her, make love to her,no matter how it happened, I just had to have her, Lizard and no one else. Right then and there. Tears came to my eyes, I wanted her so much.

If you--or anyone on this train, for that matter--thought of life as a kind of train, instead of worrying only about your usual destinations, you'd be surprised how far you could go, just with the money you have in your wallet right now.

At that moment, I was truly without words. I realized that the world didn't exist by virtue of my mind. On the contrary, he and I and everyone else were swept up in a great whirlpool, swirling around constantly and not knowing where we're bound. Our sensations of pleasure and suffering, our thoughts, none of these things can stop the motion. For the first time, I was able to step away from my imagined position in the center of the universe and see myself as part of something larger. This was my revelation, and I now felt--what? Not particularly happy or sad, but just a bit precarious, as if I'd relaxed some muscle that I hadn't needed to use all along.

Akira often gets mad at me because he thinks I'm too nice to strangers, and cold as a fish at home. What can I do? He's right, but that's the way I am. I'm more enthusiastic about people I've just met, whom I barely know at all, than with old friends. Before the awkwardness of a new acquaintance has worn off, I'm ready to offer myself up to that person.

All the possibilities for growth seemed to be closed off for us. Like plants in a greenhouse, we depended on each other, but neither of us enjoyed the feelings of release or openness that one would wish from such a relationship. We just sat together in the dark, licking each other's wounds and clinging together for warmth, like an old couple.

My patients focus every ounce of their energy on getting me to share their feelings, acquainting me with every nuance of their anger and pain. Yet I must remain calm, detached. It's a little like trying to ignore a plate of delicious food when you're really hungry. When it beckons you, there's no problem with enjoying the aroma and appreciating it with your eyes, but at some point you have to separate yourself and realize, like a professional waiter does, that it's not your own. It's my job to ignore those plates heaped with delicious morsels and just carry them where they need to go.

I thought about the complications of what I'd been dealing lately. And then I understood that actually it wasn't just the relationship- I had so much baggage from my chilhood, from before I was born into this world too. I understood that for the first time that night. And I knew it would always be that way, until we die. Even after we're dead.

Sounds great," I agreed. I would go out with Akira and forget, for a brief while, the sorrow that clings to life. I would pretend for a moment that my sadness might someday disappear.

In tutte le coppie che si amano c'è sempre nella donna una caratteristica unica come la sua, su cui per un attimo lo sguardo dell'uomo si fissa con intensità. Una spirale infinita dove uno si rispecchia nell'altro.

You know all the right techniques, all the secrets. You understand how to flow with time, and not get stuck in one place. Once you master one thing and have done it enough, you move on. Or at least you're good at pretending to move on. I think most people live their lives repeating the same patterns, again and again and again.

Đúng lúc ấy, đột nhiên tôi nghĩ ra, có lẽ chuyện hai người chúng tôi đã chấm dứt. Không còn gì nữa. Không thể phát triển theo bất kỳ hướng nào khác. Giống như đám thực vật trong lồng kính, dù có hỗ trợ nhau nhưng cũng chẳng thể cho nhau cảm giác cứu rỗi hay giải phóng. Cảm giác như loài thú đang âm thầm liếm vết thương trong bóng tối. Hay tựa như những vợ chồng già tựa vào nhau tìm hơi ấm cuối đời. Chỉ còn thế thôi. Ý nghĩ ấy lan rộng, tràn ngập lòng tôi.

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Вот оно, Течение: чтобы не забыть, чтобы выйти победителем, нужно любить каждую секунду своей жизни, нужно превращать время в информацию и хранить её в своем теле.

Все люди в детстве перенесли то или иное потрясение. Каждый хранит в глубине память о какой-нибудь ссоре с родителями. Некоторые помнят обиды, нанесенные им еще во чреве матери, когда они даже видеть не умели. Не умели говорить. Поэтому мы подсознательно ищем замену родителям — кого-нибудь, кто позаботится о нас, возьмет на себя всю ответственность. Вряд ли общечеловеческому стремлению к совместной жизни найдется более логичное объяснение.

Es decir, que por fin habían aflorado los colores de mi personalidad, como le suele ocurrir a cualquier que ha estado sometido durante mucho tiempo a cierta formación

Es decir, que por fin habían aflorado los colores de mi personalidad, como le suele ocurrir a cualquiera que ha estado sometido durante mucho tiempo a cierta formación

Es gibt Menschen, die sterben, weil sie etwas Schreckliches erlebt haben, und es gibt solche - wie deine Mutter zum Beispiel -, die leben weiter. Auch Familien reagieren unterschiedlich. Manche bewältigen ein Trauma, andere scheitern. Ob das nun an der Art des Erlebten liegt oder mit dem individuellen Charakter der Betroffenen zu tun hat - ich weiß es nicht. Die Kinder jedoch haben die größte Bürde zu tragen. Ich habe den Leichnam meiner Mutter gesehen, das hat mich geprägt. Doch da ich nun einmal lebe, kann ich mich an gutem Essen erfreuen und schöne Tage unbeschwert genießen. Das ist zwar nicht viel, aber zumindest das ist mir geblieben.

Aber was soll ich denn damit, du weißt doch, dass mir alles Wertvolle immer wegkommt oder zerbricht!" Darauf er: "Kein Problem, ich kann dir unendlich viele davon machen. Egal, wie oft du ihn verlierst, ich mach dir immer wieder einen neuen, gut?" In diesem Moment erwachte ich aus einem sehr, sehr langen Traum. Mit einem Schlag. Und ich wusste: Das ist es! Selbst wenn es eine Lüge war: Auf mich, die ich meine Familie, die Dorfgemeinschaft, meine ganze Identität für immer hinter mir gelassen hatte und mir offenbar hilflos und verlassen vorkam, ohne es selbst zu merken, die ich, weil mir klargeworden war, dass sich auf dieser Welt alles von einem Moment zum anderen ändern, dass man alles verlieren konnte, vor lauter Angst kaum noch etwas an mich heranließ, wirkten diese Worte wie ein Zauberspruch, den ich bitter nötig hatte. (...) Worte, die allein auf meine Person zu diesem bestimmten Zeitpunkt zugeschnitten waren, Worte, die jedem anderen Menschen nur banal und abgedroschen vorgekommen wären. Der Mann, der sie aber ausgesprochen hatte, tat so, als wenn nichts wäre, aber in Wahrheit wusste er ganz genau um die Kraft seiner Worte, davon war ich fest überzeugt. Denn ich spürte, dass er sie mir aus einer fernen, schönen Welt geholt und dargeboten hatte.

Me olvidé por un momento de que esa tristeza duraría mientras estuviese viva, de que nunca pasaría, y me dispuse a salir con él.

Volevo dire... se ci fosse qualcuno responsabile dell'andamento del mondo, Dio o qualcosa del genere, che al momento giusto dicesse 'Questo è troppo: è assolutamente inaccettabile', oppure 'Per quanto riguarda lui va bene così, può bastare', sarebbe molto bello. Ma qualcuno così non c'è. Peccato, se ci fosse saprebbe porre fine a molte cose. Invece nessuno lo fa. Dobbiamo pensarci noi. Per quante cose terribili possiamo vedere, non ci resta che pensare che tutto può accadere.

Una specie di reazione chimica su cui non ho nessun controllo. Posso solo stare a guardare. Entra in circolazione con il sangue e in meno di due ore ha preso possesso di me. L'attesa invade completamente l'atmosfera dell'appartamento. Sono ricoperta da una membrana in cui né televisione, né telefonate di amici, né bagni caldi né libri possono fare breccia. Non riesco a vedere più niente. I pensieri più assurdi mi possiedono, come spiriti maligni.

L'unica cosa di cui ho paura è il passare del tempo, il ramo del salice accarezzato dal sole che un attimo dopo è scosso da un tifone, il ciliegio in fiore che perde tutti i suoi petali.

Зачем делать чудо материальным? Ведь осязаемые вещи рано или поздно ломаются.

Всё в природе дробится и развивается. В каждом мелком фрагменте реальности существует бесконечное множество причудливых, но безусловных законов. Совершенно не важно, что я скажу по поводу семейной измены. Никого не волнует, хорошо это для меня или плохо, - существующий стереотип остается в силе.

Descubrí que el cuerpo es un mero recipiente en el momento en que el alma deja de mirarte

Provammo un senso di disorientamento, la stessa mancanza di sincronia tra suono e luce quando c'è un tuono.

The first time I held the amulet in the palm of my hand, I could feel a squall of warm tears pass through the sky of my heart.