Banana Yoshimoto said this quote

Love is the kind of thing that's already happening by the time you notice it, that's how it works, and no matter how old you get, that doesn't change. Except that you can break it up into two entirely distinct types -- love where there's an end in sight and love where there isn't.

~ Banana Yoshimoto

No matter where you are, you're always a bit on your own, always an outsider.

~ Banana Yoshimoto

Everything that had happened was shockingly beautiful, enough to make you crazy.

~ Banana Yoshimoto

When 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