Before Your Memory Fades Quotes

“Something I strongly believe is that we mustn't allow the death of a person to be the cause of unhappiness. The reason for that is simple: if we let everyone who dies be a cause for unhappiness, that would mean people are being born to be unhappy. But the opposite in fact is true. People are always born for the sake of happiness.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Things that you put off saying until tomorrow are sometimes never said”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“surviving alone is much the same as dying alone”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Well, I read that when you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days, that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to find the strength to keep going. It will be bitter and painful, and they will have to weigh up their dreams and reality to make a choice. When that happens, the person gifted with the most precious thing will be able to fight on a little more. It apparently helps them to feel they are not alone. So, I'm giving you this book because I want you to fight for your dream.'"

- Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3), p. 313”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“People’s true feelings are not in plain sight. The other person might not be thinking anything, but there is a tendency to just assume what the other is feeling without reaching out and asking.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Indecisiveness is self-destructive,”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Even if I am dead, I want you to live with a smile on your face”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“I never could have imagined that this, this casual conversation could make me so happy.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Don't ever forget me until the end of ages.'
'The end of ages?'
'Because my love for you runs deeper than any grudge.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Inside every person is an inherent capability to make it through any kind of difficulty. Everyone has that energy. But sometimes when that energy flows via our anxiety valve, the flow can be restricted. The greater that anxiety, the greater the strength needed to open the valve and release the energy. That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“You should be proud of yourself for sticking with it and never giving up. You were amazing in your persistence. It didn't happen by magic! Remember when I called out to you on that day? Your life didn't suddenly transform by itself, did it? None of your problems suddenly fixed themselves, did they? But you looked to the future and preserved. You have what you have today because you never gave up telling yourself that you had to be happy.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“I’d be happy to be born, even for only one day if one day was all I had.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Well, surviving alone is much the same as dying alone, don’t you think?”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Even though I die, as long as you don’t forget me, I’ll always be in your heart.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“You can reverse time and meet the person you most dearly love, but you cannot reverse death.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“I will remember this comforting warmth for the rest of my life”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“If the world were to end tomorrow, which would you do?
1. Keep quiet about it because they wouldn't properly understand.
2. Tell the truth because you will feel guilty keeping quiet.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“With you gone, there's nothing to live for.' He started bawling uncontrollably.
But Setsuko just smiled back fondly. He was precious to her.
'But I am still here,' she reminded him gently. 'I'll always be by your side,' she said without hesitation. 'Even though I die, as long as you don't forget me, I'll always be in your heart.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Reiji was now realizing how important the ordinary life that we take for granted is and how much happiness can be experienced from having someone you care about by your side. Things that you put off saying until tomorrow are sometimes never said.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“nothing comes about by itself”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“It takes talent not to give up”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“What scares me is just that I'm worried that you will forget how to smile when I die. [...] So please smile.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Not every question was answered.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Something I strongly believe is that we mustn't allow the death of a person to be the cause of unhappiness. The reason for that is simple: if we let everyone who dies be a cause for unhappiness, that would mean people are being born to become unhappy. But the opposite in fact is true. People are always born for the sake of happiness.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“People's true feelings are not in plain sight. The other person might not be thinking anything, but there is a tendency to just assume what the other is feeling without reaching out and asking.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Nostalgia and weirdness became tangled together, and Todoroki found himself chuckling.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Thing that you put off saying until tomorrow are sometimes never said.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“If it was just a matter of travelling back to the past, anyone could do it. But this cafe chooses people ... By its rules ... And some people hear those rules and give up. But those people who are resolved to go back, despite the rules, have a reason for doing so. It doesn't matter what the reason is. If there is someone they must see, or someone they should see ... even if the present reality won't change ... then, that's all that matters.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades

“Inside every person is an inherent capability to make it through any kind of difficulty. Everyone has that energy... That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades