Banana Yoshimoto

"The way we think may be completely different, but you and I are an ancient, archetypal couple, the original man and woman. We are the model for Adam and Eve. For all couples in love, there comes a moment when a man gazes at a woman with the very same kind of realization. It is an infinite helix, the dance of two souls resonating, like the twist of DNA, like the vast universe."

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Source: Banana Yoshimoto, Ann Sherif (1996). “Lizard”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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Banana Yoshimoto

Banana Yoshimoto

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Banana Yoshimoto is a contemporary Japanese author known for her poignant explorations of love and loss, particularly in her novel 'Kitchen'.

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"As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed."

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