“People tend to think they break up because they get tired of the person they’ve been with – that it’s someone’s decision, either yours or theirs. But this really isn’t true. Periods in our lives end the way seasons change. That’s all there is to it. Human willpower can’t change that – which means, if you look at it another way, that we might as well enjoy ourselves until that day arrives.”

“People tend to think they break up because they get tired of the person they’ve been with – that it’s someone’s decision, either yours or theirs. But this really isn’t true. Periods in our lives end the way seasons change. That’s all there is to it. Human willpower can’t change that – which means, if you look at it another way, that we might as well enjoy ourselves until that day arrives.”

— Banana Yoshimoto