MN Nah

“You tried as hard as you could, didn't you? Even though you hoped you were wrong. That it wouldn't end with a broken home, or anything like that.”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea

“Talent is being able to keep going.' Tsugi said, simply. 'Successful people all say that. They just had to find a way to keep going, no matter what. If you can do that for long enough without reward, can't we call that talent?”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea

“We all believe we can choose our own path from among the many alternatives. But perhaps it's more accurate to say that we make the choice unconsciously. I think I did - but now I knew it, because now I was able to put it into words. But I don't mean this in the fatalistic sense we're constantly making choices. With the breaths we take every day, with the expression in our eyes, with the daily actions we do over and over, we decide as though by instinct.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen

“Look around you. Those who care enough to risk anything real for what they love are actually surprisingly few. First of all, it's very rare just to discover that you feel that way about anything. And when you do, the environment and circumstances you need to devote yourself to it are fairly hard to find. Maybe you also need talent, right? Most people get frustrated and think, it's no good, I've gone as far as I can go. Then they quit.”
― Sonoko Machida, The Convenience Store by the Sea