Itโs 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.
Banana YoshimotoEach one of us continues to carry the heart of each self we've ever been, at every stage along the way, and a chaos of everything good and rotten. And we have to carry this weight all alone, through each day that we live. We try to be as nice as we can to the people we love, but we alone support the weight of ourselves.
Banana YoshimotoIn 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.
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