Toshikazu Kawaguchi Quotes

Japanese writer

Toshikazu Kawaguchi (; born 3 April, 1971) is a Japanese author, screenwriter, and director born in Osaka, Japan. He has received the Grand Prize of the Suginami Theatre Festival for his stage version of Before the Coffee Gets Cold as well as having been nominated for the Bookseller's Award for the novel version.
ja:コーヒーが冷めないうちに

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It takes talent not to give up

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.

I will remember this comforting warmth for the rest of my life

Regret comes in two flavors: actions taken and opportunities missed.

That strength is empowered by hope. You could say that hope is the power to believe in the future.

The waitress’s name was Kazu Tokita. Kazu was a cousin of the proprietor. She was waitressing while attending Tokyo University of the Arts. She had quite a pretty face, a pale complexion and narrow almond-shaped eyes, yet her features were not memorable. It was the type of face that if you glanced at it, closed your eyes and then tried to remember what you saw, nothing would come to mind. In a word, she was inconspicuous. She had no presence. She didn’t have many friends either. Not that she worried about it — Kazu was the sort of person who found interpersonal relationships rather tedious.

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.

nothing comes about by itself

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

I've never said anything like this before, so you might not believe me. I wanted you to know that I was happy because of you. I wanted to tell you. I was happy. Thank you.

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.

I’ll mourn how I mourn. Everyone’s different.

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

Life, too, passes through difficult winters. But after any winter, spring will follow...

Nostalgia and weirdness became tangled together, and Todoroki found himself chuckling.