"It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness."

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Source : Banana Yoshimoto (2011). “The Lake”, p.131, Melville House

Banana Yoshimoto

#Sadness Quotes #Gorgeous Quotes

“My books serve as archives of thoughts and emotions, like a tonal history that captures how I felt at a certain time of my life. It's not very informational. You're not going to get comprehensive knowledge about the Han dynasty of China or about India's Emergency. But you might learn how one person felt about the Los Angeles Olympics.”
“I believe that we have the first genius of the 21st century, Leo Messi.”
“Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.”
“I often encountered books by academics and others who had not actually done what they had written about. They tend to create artificial simplicity; their prose doesn't have the vigor of "lived words." On the other hand, many practitioners lack the context or introspection to make their experiences and understandings transferable - and, in our time, many don't actually write the books they "author." My ideal is to unify theory and practice.”
“I feel that women 'and men,' but I mean the 'individual,' can be totally feminine and still be totally powerful.”
“Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.”
“I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say, "Poor Pussy!" and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat sticks up its tail in a rigid, cast-iron manner, arches its back, and wipes its nose up against my trousers; and all is gentleness and peace.”
“I like men who have a future and women who have a past.”

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