Before The Coffee Gets Cold Quotes

“After a long silence of being lost in her feelings, Hirai managed to mutter just two words 'Thank you'. She didn't know whether that one phrase could contain all these feelings or whether it conveyed how she felt. But every part of her at that moment was invested in those two words.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“Standing there together next to the tracks as the trains roared and whooshed past for what seemed like for ever, Kinuyo hugged Kazu tightly and stroked her head until she stopped crying.
As time passed, the two were swallowed up by the evening darkness.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Tales from the Cafe

“Some lies are told in order to present yourself in a more interesting or more favourable light; others are told to deceive people. Lies can hurt, but they can also save your skin. Regardless of why they are told, however, lies most often lead to regret.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold / Tales from the Café / Before Your Memory Fades

“She had turned down approaches from many men, as though flicking away specks of dust.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“The cafe that transports you back in time. It was an incomplete memory, but she remembered that key phrase clearly.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“There tends to be, in any movie or novel about time travel, some rule saying, “Don’t go meddling in anything that is going to change the present. For example, going back and preventing your parents marrying or meeting would erase the circumstances of your birth and cause your present self to vanish.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“The first rule was: The only people you can meet while in the past are those who have visited the cafe.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“Coffee was introduced to Japan in the Edo period, around the late seventeenth century. Initially it didn’t appeal to Japanese taste buds and it was certainly not thought of as something one drank for enjoyment – which was no wonder, considering it tasted like black, bitter water.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“She wrote of events which ranged from the mundane to the major news of the day, explaining in detail her feelings and reactions.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“Ever since Kumi had appeared in the cafe, Hirai had wanted to hug her tightly and yell, ‘Don’t die!’ The effort alone of not saying this was keeping her busy.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“How kindly you look at me after I’ve been so horrible for so long. You held on to these kind feelings while you continued to wait for me for so long.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“After a long silence of being lost in her feelings Hirai managed to mutter just two words. ‘Thank you.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“She felt the grief surge from the bottom of her heart. She wanted to scream and bawl, but she couldn’t cry out.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold