Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic.
Banana YoshimotoNo matter what, I want to continue living with the awareness that I will die. Without that, I am not alive.
Banana YoshimotoSo, have you been enjoying yourself these days, Kazami?' I'm having lots of fun.' It was true. That made the sense of regret even keener, that this time in my life would soon be a thing of the past. I felt as if I could understand a little of what my mother had been through, and the feelings she may have had at different times. I wasn't a child anymore, and this made me feel awfully lonesome, and utterly alone.
Banana YoshimotoBut I have my life, Iโm living it. Itโs twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, thereโs something there.
Banana YoshimotoThe 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.
Banana Yoshimoto