nie

“For the first time, I saw the difference we made by being there for people over the years, in the background of their lives.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories

“Young people never say anything straight. You can tell they're being honest if they hide behind a laugh.”
― Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

“I’d always believed I didn’t take up a lot of space in this world—that it hardly mattered whether I was here or not. When a person left, the people around them got used to their absence. That was true enough. But when I pictured the world without me, and the people I loved living on in it, I couldn’t help but feel like crying.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Dead-End Memories: Stories

“This world can be a boring place. Who can blame them for wanting something exciting to happen?”
― Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery