Toshikazu Kawaguchi Quotes

At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change.

I was so absorbed in the things that I couldn’t change, I forgot the most important thing.

Seasons flow in a cycle. Life too, passes through difficult winters. But after any winter, spring will follow.

She wanted to do things without having to worry what others thought. She simply lived for her freedom.

It takes courage to say what has to be said.

With the coffee in front of her, she closed her eyes, and inhaled deeply. It was her moment of happiness.

Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust.

We can never truly see into the hearts of others. When people get lost in their own worries they can be blind to the feelings of those most important to them.

But Kazu still goes on believing that, no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart. And if the chair can change someone’s heart, it clearly has its purpose.

. . . as the future hasn't happened yet, I guess that's up to you. . .

People don’t see things and hear things as objectively as they might think. The visual and auditory information that enters the mind is distorted by experiences, thoughts, circumstances, wild fancies, prejudices, preferences, knowledge, awareness, and countless other workings of the mind.

The kindness in his smile seemed infinite.

But Kazu still goes on believing that, no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart.

no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart.

We must become friends before this coffee cools.

There is no greater suffering than that of a parent who is unable to save their own child who wants to die.

The present hadn’t changed—but those two people had. Both Kohtake and Hirai returned to the present with a changed heart.

Things that you put off saying until tomorrow are sometimes never said

Negativity is food for malady, one might say.

At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present does not change. So it raises the question: just what is the point of that chair?

If you could go back, who would you want to meet?

Sometimes life is stranger than fiction, but sometimes it's incomparable in other ways. Sometimes it's heaven that the false fire of imagination could never capture.

I want to find work that is worth spending a lifetime on

When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don't trust.

A parent’s love for their child is bottomless. Their children remain children, no matter how old they grow.

surviving alone is much the same as dying alone

Something I strongly believe is that we mustn't allow the death of a person to be the cause of unhappiness. The reason for that is simple: if we let everyone who dies be a cause for unhappiness, that would mean people are being born to be unhappy. But the opposite in fact is true. People are always born for the sake of happiness.

Just remember. Drink the coffee before it goes cold,” she whispered.

If this continues, I won’t find myself in the present or past; I’ll simply vanish in a wisp of smoke.

She took an instant liking to her. Treat them mean, keep them keen, that was Hirai’s motto.

Even if I am dead, I want you to live with a smile on your face

Sometimes people will only confide in someone they trust, but other times they need the listener to be a complete stranger.

People’s true feelings are not in plain sight. The other person might not be thinking anything, but there is a tendency to just assume what the other is feeling without reaching out and asking.

Indecisiveness is self-destructive,

Doing things differently from everyone else would normally antagonize those making sure no one went against the grain, but no one ever thought that way with Kei. She was always everyone’s friend; she had that sort of effect on people.

I never could have imagined that this, this casual conversation could make me so happy.

If I had led a sad life as a result of my sister's death, then it would have been as if her death had caused it. So, I thought I mustn't allow that to happen. I swore to myself that I would make sure that I was happy. My joy would be the legacy of my sister's life.

Kohtake, though, liked her coffee hot, even in summer. She liked the aroma of it when it was freshly brewed. She couldn't enjoy iced coffee in the same way. Coffee was far more pleasurable when it was hot.

I cannot stand the idea of us staying together only out of sympathy

People tend to feel happy when spring arrives, especially after a cold winter. When spring begins, however, cannot be pinpointed to one particular moment. There is no one day that clearly marks when winter ends and spring begins. Spring hides inside winter. We notice it emerging with our eyes, our skin, and other senses. We find it in new buds, a comfortable breeze and the warmth of the sun. It exists alongside winter.

Remember---drink the coffee before it goes cold.

And if the chair can change someone’s heart, it clearly has its purpose.

It is up to each individual to decide how they feel about the words of others and what action they wish to take.

At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present does not change.

People tend to feel happy when spring arrives, especially after a cold winter.

Don't ever forget me until the end of ages.' 'The end of ages?' 'Because my love for you runs deeper than any grudge.

I’ll mourn how I mourn. Everyone’s different,

If you try to find happiness after this, then this child will have put those seventy days towards making you happy. In that case, its life has meaning. You are the one who is able to create meaning for why that child was granted life. Therefore, you absolutely must try to be happy. The one person who would want that for you the most is that child.

Kazu still goes on believeing that, no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart. And if the chair can change someone's heart, it clearly has its purpose. But with her cool expression, she will just say, "Drink the coffee before it gets cold.

The visual and auditory information that enters the mind is distorted by experiences, thoughts, circumstances, wild fancies, prejudices, preferences, knowledge, awareness, and countless other workings of the mind.

She moved with an impenetrable beauty, as if she was performing a solemn ritual.

Well, surviving alone is much the same as dying alone, don’t you think?

I’d be happy to be born, even for only one day if one day was all I had.

Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When I’m the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out.

I was so absorbed in the things that I couldn't change, I forgot the most important thing.

For a parent, a child is a child for ever. Never ever expect ing anything in return, she was simply a mother who wanted her child to be happy, always, to shower him with love.

I want my child to be happy. How can such a simple wish be so terribly scary?

I could talk to her, but I couldn't' tell her anything.

You seized the happiness you have now.

Well, I read that when you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days, that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to find the strength to keep going. It will be bitter and painful, and they will have to weigh up their dreams and reality to make a choice. When that happens, the person gifted with the most precious thing will be able to fight on a little more. It apparently helps them to feel they are not alone. So, I'm giving you this book because I want you to fight for your dream.'" - Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3), p. 313

You should be proud of yourself for sticking with it and never giving up. You were amazing in your persistence. It didn't happen by magic! Remember when I called out to you on that day? Your life didn't suddenly transform by itself, did it? None of your problems suddenly fixed themselves, did they? But you looked to the future and preserved. You have what you have today because you never gave up telling yourself that you had to be happy.

Inside every person is an inherent capability to make it through any kind of difficulty. Everyone has that energy. But sometimes when that energy flows via our anxiety valve, the flow can be restricted. The greater that anxiety, the greater the strength needed to open the valve and release the energy. That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future.

As long as he felt that there was someone who would find joy in his success, that was enough for him.

His despair at life had metamorphosed into hope.

He thought it was a shame, but there was no point dwelling on things one couldn't control.

It wasn’t that he was dissatisfied with his ordinary life, or was just that from somewhere in his heart he heard, I want to find work that is worth spending a lifetime on.

Not having any regrets might actually be my biggest regret. I wish I was capable of feeling regret.

Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out.

At that moment, Kei’s heart sang with happiness: she was the mother of this child. She wasn’t just a parent—she was the mother of the girl standing before her. She was unable to stop the tears from gushing.

Fumiko saw Goro’s face as he glanced back before leaving the café. She saw his face for only a split second but he was smiling wonderfully, just like the time when he had said, “Perhaps you could buy me a coffee?

I will remember this comforting warmth for the rest of my life

It takes talent not to give up

nothing comes about by itself

That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future.

Regret comes in two flavors: actions taken and opportunities missed.

She saw his face for only a split second but he was smiling wonderfully, just like the time when he had said, “Perhaps you could buy me a coffee?

Life doesn't get served to you on a plate. Why don't you just give it up?

If the world were to end tomorrow, which would you do? 1. Keep quiet about it because they wouldn't properly understand. 2. Tell the truth because you will feel guilty keeping quiet.

There are many crossroads in life. All regrets stem from what happened at one moment we never imagined would happen to us. When our own action brings about an unexpected result, how can we not experience huge regret? After all, do we ever get another shot?

You’re a nurse, so I can only assume you have already noticed. I have an illness where I forget things. “I imagine that as I keep on losing my memory, you will be able to put aside your own feelings and care for me with the detachment of a nurse, and that you can do that no matter what strange things I say or do—even if I forget who you are. “So I ask you never to forget one thing. You are my wife, and if life becomes too hard for you as my wife, I want you to leave me. “You don’t have to stay by me as a nurse. If I am no good as a husband, then I want you to leave me. All I ask is that you can do what you can as my wife. We are husband and wife after all. Even if I lose my memory, I want to be together as husband and wife. I cannot stand the idea of us staying together only out of sympathy. “This is something I cannot say to your face, so I wrote it in a letter.

The names of coffee beans mostly derive from where they are grown. In the case of mocha, the beans are grown in Yemen and Ethiopia and named after Yemen’s port city of Mocha, where they were traditionally shipped from. Kilimanjaro beans are grown in Tanzania

I’ll mourn how I mourn. Everyone’s different.

Nostalgia and weirdness became tangled together, and Todoroki found himself chuckling.

And if she couldn’t change reality, there was no point returning to the past.

When I leave the back to you, I know I' ve got someone I can count on

I've never said anything like this before, so you might not believe me. I wanted you to know that I was happy because of you. I wanted to tell you. I was happy. Thank you.

Even though I die, as long as you don’t forget me, I’ll always be in your heart.

You can reverse time and meet the person you most dearly love, but you cannot reverse death.

People’s hearts are forever changing. However firm one’s resolve might be, even the most trivial event can trigger doubt.

Life, too, passes through difficult winters. But after any winter, spring will follow...

Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust. Hirai saw Kei as a confidante with whom she could share anything. The emotional gravity was strong. Kei was able to accept anything—forgive anything—that Hirai let flow out. A single kind word from Kei could cut the cords of tension that ran through her.

After a long silence of being lost in her feelings, Hirai managed to mutter just two words 'Thank you'. She didn't know whether that one phrase could contain all these feelings or whether it conveyed how she felt. But every part of her at that moment was invested in those two words.

You know how much your father loved you. Don't you think it would be painful for him to see the unhappy face of someone he loved? So why don't you smile every day so that your father can smile his box? Our smiles allow him to smile. Our happiness allows your father to be happy in his box.

With you gone, there's nothing to live for.' He started bawling uncontrollably. But Setsuko just smiled back fondly. He was precious to her. 'But I am still here,' she reminded him gently. 'I'll always be by your side,' she said without hesitation. 'Even though I die, as long as you don't forget me, I'll always be in your heart.

Reiji was now realizing how important the ordinary life that we take for granted is and how much happiness can be experienced from having someone you care about by your side. Things that you put off saying until tomorrow are sometimes never said.

Standing there together next to the tracks as the trains roared and whooshed past for what seemed like for ever, Kinuyo hugged Kazu tightly and stroked her head until she stopped crying. As time passed, the two were swallowed up by the evening darkness.

The sensation that she was a spirit, shimmering and swirling like steam, now left her, and she began to regain awareness of her limbs. In a panic, she felt her body and face, to make sure it was herself who had appeared. When she came to her senses, a man was there before her, watching her strange behavior, puzzled.

Kiyoshi looked pleased, and smiling broadly, he slowly inhaled over the cup. Upon observing this, Nagare’s narrow eyes arched in pleasure. That the coffee he served in the cafe was never just ordinary was a source of great pride and joy to him. He puffed out his chest with an air of satisfaction and retired behind the counter.

It wasn't until later that she learned he could barely read or write. When she found it, she asked him how he managed to read all the long letters she wrote to him. Apparently, he just allowed his eyes to wander over them. Then he just wrote in his reply the vague impression he got from his gazing. But with the last letter, after casting his eyes over it, he was overcome with a feeling that he had missed something important. He read it word for word while asking different people to tell him what the words meant - hence the long time it took to reply.

The waitress’s name was Kazu Tokita. Kazu was a cousin of the proprietor. She was waitressing while attending Tokyo University of the Arts. She had quite a pretty face, a pale complexion and narrow almond-shaped eyes, yet her features were not memorable. It was the type of face that if you glanced at it, closed your eyes and then tried to remember what you saw, nothing would come to mind. In a word, she was inconspicuous. She had no presence. She didn’t have many friends either. Not that she worried about it—Kazu was the sort of person who found interpersonal relationships rather tedious.