In the uncertain ebb and flow of time and emotions, much of oneโs life history is etched in the senses. And things of no particular importance, or irreplaceable things, can suddenly resurface in a cafรฉ one winter night.
Banana YoshimotoI spent most of my time thinking, because I didn't have enough energy to do anything else.
Banana YoshimotoItโs a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit together looking out at it, they stop caring whether they talk or stay silent. You never get tired of watching it. And no matter how rough the waves get, youโre never bothered by the noise the water makes by the commotion of the surface - it never seems too loud, or too wild.
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