Toshikazu Kawaguchi Quotes

Whatever happened, she tried not to influence it by keeping herself at a safe distance. That was Kazu’s place — it was her way of life.

People’s hearts are forever changing. However firm one’s resolve might be, even the most trivial event can trigger doubt.

If this was the past, then it held nothing of use.

Seasons flow in a cycle.
Life too, passes through difficult winters.
But after any winter, spring will follow.

What scares me is just that I'm worried that you will forget how to smile when I die. [...] So please smile.

It takes courage to say what has to be said.

surviving alone is much the same as dying alone

. . . as the future hasn't happened yet, I guess that's up to you. . .

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.

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.

She took an instant liking to her. Treat them mean, keep them keen, that was Hirai’s motto.

The names of coffee beans mostly derive from where they are grown. In the case of mocha, the beans are grown in Yemen and Ethiopia and named after Yemen’s port city of Mocha, where they were traditionally shipped from. Kilimanjaro beans are grown in Tanzania

When I leave the back to you, I know I' ve got someone I can count on

Yes, she was a woman who combined intelligence and beauty. But whether she realized this was a different matter.

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.