Seventeen Quotes

“The media might pretend that every life was of equal importance, but they selected people, graded them, decided whether their lives were -- as Ayako put it -- "heavy" or "lightweight," then imposed that set of values on society.

The death of a famous person. And the death of someone who wasn't.

A tragic death. And one that wasn't.”
― Hideo Yokoyama, Seventeen

“People's lives. There are big lives and little lives, aren't there? ... Heavy lives and lightweight lives; important lives, and lives that are... not.”
― Hideo Yokoyama, Seventeen

“People's lives. There are big lives and little lives, aren't there? ... Heavy lives and llightweight lives; important lives, and lives that are... not.”
― Hideo Yokoyama, Seventeen

“As long as you kept running from birth until death, falling down, getting hurt, no matter how many times you suffered defeat, you got up and started running again. Personal happiness came from all the things and people you came across, ran into by chance along the way. Climber's high. Climbing with all your might, concentrating completely on moving up, never being distracted by the meaningless stuff around you.”
― Hideo Yokoyama, Seventeen

“Never trust a man who needs to get drunk before he can speak his mind. Those people are not living an authentic life.”
― Hideo Yokoyama, Seventeen