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Top 30 Michiko Aoyama Quotes (2026 Update)

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Life is one revelation after another. Things don’t always go to plan, no matter what your circumstances. But the flip side is all the unexpected, wonderful things that you could never have imagined happening. Ultimately it’s all for the best that many things don’t turn out the way we hoped.”

1. “Life is one revelation after another. Things don’t always go to plan, no matter what your circumstances. But the flip side is all the unexpected, wonderful things that you could never have imagined happening. Ultimately it’s all for the best that many things don’t turn out the way we hoped.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Everybody is connected. And any one of their connections could be the start of a network that branches in many directions. If you wait for the right time to make connections, it might never happen, but if you show your face around, talk to people and see enough to give you the confidence that things could work out, then ‘one day’ might turn into ’tomorrow.”

2. “Everybody is connected. And any one of their connections could be the start of a network that branches in many directions. If you wait for the right time to make connections, it might never happen, but if you show your face around, talk to people and see enough to give you the confidence that things could work out, then ‘one day’ might turn into ’tomorrow.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “In a world where you don’t know what will happen next, I just do what I can right now.”

3. “In a world where you don’t know what will happen next, I just do what I can right now.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Singles are envious of those who are married, and married couples envy those with children, but people with children are envious of singles. It’s an endless merry-go-round. But isn’t that funny? That each person should be chasing the tail of the person in front of them, when no one is coming first or last. In other words, when it comes to happiness nothing is better or worse – there is no definitive state.”

4. “Singles are envious of those who are married, and married couples envy those with children, but people with children are envious of singles. It’s an endless merry-go-round. But isn’t that funny? That each person should be chasing the tail of the person in front of them, when no one is coming first or last. In other words, when it comes to happiness nothing is better or worse – there is no definitive state.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “As long as you continue to say the words “one day”, the dream is not over.”

5. “As long as you continue to say the words “one day”, the dream is not over.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “I’m still searching. Searching for somewhere I can be accepted as I am. Just one place is all I need. Somewhere to be at peace.”

6. “I’m still searching. Searching for somewhere I can be accepted as I am. Just one place is all I need. Somewhere to be at peace.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “This didn’t just come to you. It happened because you did something for yourself. You took action and that caused things to change around you.”

7. “This didn’t just come to you. It happened because you did something for yourself. You took action and that caused things to change around you.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “From big things to little, there are some things we simply cannot force to go to plan, no matter how hard we try.”

8. “From big things to little, there are some things we simply cannot force to go to plan, no matter how hard we try.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “What I do know is that there’s no need to panic, or do more than I can cope with right now. For the time being, I plan to simply get my life in order and learn some new skills, choosing from what’s available.”

9. “What I do know is that there’s no need to panic, or do more than I can cope with right now. For the time being, I plan to simply get my life in order and learn some new skills, choosing from what’s available.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “There are so many things to do, but I won’t make the excuse that I have no time anymore. Instead, I will think about what I can do with the time I have. One day is going to become tomorrow.”

10. “There are so many things to do, but I won’t make the excuse that I have no time anymore. Instead, I will think about what I can do with the time I have. One day is going to become tomorrow.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “There’s no guarantee of certainty in anything.”

11. “There’s no guarantee of certainty in anything.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “If you can survive the ordeal of being born, you can get through anything.”

12. “If you can survive the ordeal of being born, you can get through anything.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “I know that now. Just as every day is equal in value and no less important than all the others. The day I was born, today as I stand here now and the many tomorrows to come.”

13. “I know that now. Just as every day is equal in value and no less important than all the others. The day I was born, today as I stand here now and the many tomorrows to come.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Trust makes the world go round.”

14. “Trust makes the world go round.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “You can decide things, but there’s no guarantee everything will go as planned.”

15. “You can decide things, but there’s no guarantee everything will go as planned.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Things change. I change, other people change. That’s a good thing.”

16. “Things change. I change, other people change. That’s a good thing.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Books will always be essential for some people. And bookshops are a place for those people to discover the books that will become important to them. I will never allow bookshops to vanish from this world.”

17. “Books will always be essential for some people. And bookshops are a place for those people to discover the books that will become important to them. I will never allow bookshops to vanish from this world.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “If I miss that deadline there are probably others. There’s no age limit on a writing debut. I figure everybody has their own personal timing that works best for them.”

18. “If I miss that deadline there are probably others. There’s no age limit on a writing debut. I figure everybody has their own personal timing that works best for them.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Now I know the importance of the heart being moved, I have a list of things I want to try.”

19. “Now I know the importance of the heart being moved, I have a list of things I want to try.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Choosing to do something because it excites you is the best reason of all. I just know it.”

20. “Choosing to do something because it excites you is the best reason of all. I just know it.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “How much had my own thinking limited my opportunities?”

21. “How much had my own thinking limited my opportunities?”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Well, raising a child is one new experience after another, isn’t it. You can never really know what it’s like until you’ve been through it. So much turns out to be different than how you imagined.” “Yes, yes, that’s right.” I nodded emphatically several times. Here was somebody who seemed to understand. I felt a trust that made me want to reveal my innermost thoughts to her. “It’s the difference between thinking that Winnie-the-Pooh is cute, and actually living with a bear.”

22. “Well, raising a child is one new experience after another, isn’t it. You can never really know what it’s like until you’ve been through it. So much turns out to be different than how you imagined.” “Yes, yes, that’s right.” I nodded emphatically several times. Here was somebody who seemed to understand. I felt a trust that made me want to reveal my innermost thoughts to her. “It’s the difference between thinking that Winnie-the-Pooh is cute, and actually living with a bear.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “What will I be doing years from now? I don’t have the same kind of burning desire like I used to when all I wanted was to escape to Tokyo, and I don’t feel excited any more about achieving a goal. That all fizzled away, like froth.”

23. “What will I be doing years from now? I don’t have the same kind of burning desire like I used to when all I wanted was to escape to Tokyo, and I don’t feel excited any more about achieving a goal. That all fizzled away, like froth.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “You may say that it was the book, but it’s how you read a book that is most valuable, rather than any power it might have itself.”

24. “You may say that it was the book, but it’s how you read a book that is most valuable, rather than any power it might have itself.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “It’s a question of passion. The majority may not accept something, but as long as there are some who do, the existence of that thing – whatever it may be – is protected.”

25. “It’s a question of passion. The majority may not accept something, but as long as there are some who do, the existence of that thing – whatever it may be – is protected.”

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Michiko Aoyama Quote: “When I buy a book, I also become part of the process as a reader. People working in the book industry are not the only ones who make the publishing world go round; most of all it depends on the readers. Books belong to everybody: the creators, the sellers and the readers. That’s what society is all about I believe.”

26. “When I buy a book, I also become part of the process as a reader. People working in the book industry are not the only ones who make the publishing world go round; most of all it depends on the readers. Books belong to everybody: the creators, the sellers and the readers. That’s what society is all about I believe.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “The Earth goes around. We gaze at the moon, illuminated by the sun. Feet on the ground and facing the sky, we go forward, changing as we do. In order to deliver a larger truth to the person looking down at an open page.”

27. “The Earth goes around. We gaze at the moon, illuminated by the sun. Feet on the ground and facing the sky, we go forward, changing as we do. In order to deliver a larger truth to the person looking down at an open page.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “When you’re close to fifty, one hundred years doesn’t seem like an awfully long time. I almost feel I could live to a hundred and sixty if I try.”

28. “When you’re close to fifty, one hundred years doesn’t seem like an awfully long time. I almost feel I could live to a hundred and sixty if I try.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Day off. That reminds me of one more thing I’ve learned since retiring: if you don’t work, there are no days off. Never again will I enjoy the anticipation of freedom and feeling of release at the thought of taking time off work.”

29. “Day off. That reminds me of one more thing I’ve learned since retiring: if you don’t work, there are no days off. Never again will I enjoy the anticipation of freedom and feeling of release at the thought of taking time off work.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “Readers make their own personal connections to words, irrespective of the writer’s intentions, and each reader gains something unique.”

30. “Readers make their own personal connections to words, irrespective of the writer’s intentions, and each reader gains something unique.”

— Michiko Aoyama

Michiko Aoyama Quote: “I don’t have anything. Not enough time, money or courage. I always think that one day I’ll do it, but I never do. I don’t have what it takes to get started.”

31. “I don’t have anything. Not enough time, money or courage. I always think that one day I’ll do it, but I never do. I don’t have what it takes to get started.”

— Michiko Aoyama

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