"When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place."

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Source : Banana Yoshimoto (2011). “The Lake”, p.8, Melville House

Banana Yoshimoto

#Comfort Quotes

“One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.”
“Four years ago, who ever thought this would have happened?”
“Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.”
“I love history, cultural and religious studies, philosophy, photography and traveling.”
“Our Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone.”
“What is a human being, then?' A seed' A... seed?' An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree.”
“It felt smooth coming off my hands. I felt the laces around the ball. It was just all good.”
“When one is still and listens, one begins to be in touch with a mysterious element that is within each of us, which can transform and shape us and can help to transform the world.”

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