Mako Yoshikawa > Quotes

“He was not a simple man and, consequently, a simple happiness was not in his nature, she concluded, but I did know him to have moments of simple pleasure and obvious joy.”
― Mako Yoshikawa, The Best American Essays 2013: Fine Writing and Thought-Provoking Essays Selected by Cheryl Strayed, Wild Author

“I dream of a fortress so strong it can lock out the past.”
― Mako Yoshikawa, One Hundred and One Ways: A Novel

“I do not want to spend my life clinging stubbornly to wispy memories of a happiness that may have never been.”
― Mako Yoshikawa, One Hundred and One Ways: A Novel