Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water.
Banana YoshimotoI should have told her at the time. I could have taken a deep breath, looked away, and forced myself to say it.
Banana YoshimotoWhen was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely. Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time.
Banana Yoshimoto