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“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

“I had too many ideals and ambitions for one person, and because of that, I ended up without a single one I could hold on to.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“But, I don’t know, maybe it takes a long time to figure out what you’re truly searching for. Maybe you spend your whole life just to figure out a small part of it.”
― Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

“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