The Briefcase Quotes

“Up until now, I thought I had enjoyed my life alone, somehow.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“We were always sincere with each other. Even when we were joking around, we were sincere.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“I had screwed up. Grown-ups didn’t go around blurting out troublesome things to people. You couldn’t just blithely disclose something that would then make it impossible to greet them with a smile the next day.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“That was the decision of a lifetime.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“When I was done, she said earnestly, “Everyone causes trouble for someone at some point in their lives.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“My wife was a difficult person, but I wasn’t so different. I used to think that we complemented each other—like the saying goes: Even a cracked pot has a lid that fits.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“I was able to cry when I realized that Sensei had already gone away somewhere, before I ever came to know him well.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo

“We were always sincere with each other. Even when we were joking around, we were sincere. Come to think of it, so were the tuna. And the skipjack. All living things were sincere, on the whole.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Strange Weather in Tokyo