Agatha

“It’s so great, I thought, having tea in the afternoon with someone you really feel at home with.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“I went outside and walked along the quiet streets. The fat snowflakes made it hard to see ahead, snow fell in every uncovered nook and turned familiar things into different shapes, making everything seem special. … I felt like I was travelling alone in a foreign land, too. I continued slowly down the street, leaving footprints on a clean, fresh blanket of snow no one had stepped on yet. When I turned around, my footprints were already growing faint. The sight seemed somewhat secretive and a bit heartbreaking.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, April Snow

“Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“As I crossed through, I was inundated with the green smell of the night. I walked, sloshing down the shiny wet path that glimmered with the colors of rainbow.”
― Banana Yoshimoto