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Genki Kawamura QUOTES

Genki Kawamura QUOTES

1 " As you go on with your life, always remember the things that are good in you. They're your gifts. As long as you have these things, you'll find happiness, and you'll make the people around you happy. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

2 " To live means: to cry and shout, to love, to do silly things, to feel sadness and joy, to even experience horrible, frightening things... and to laugh. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

3 " The Devil only exists in the hearts and minds of humans. Then you humans express that in lots of different forms. It's kind of random. Like with horns and a pitchfork, or in the form of a dragon. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

4 " Sure there will always be regrets and broken dreams , but you have to go easy on yourself....there's a certain beauty in those regrets. They're proof of having lived. "

― Genki Kawamura

5 " Yeah, but just being alive doesn't mean all that much on its own. How you live is more important. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

6 " I don't know whether I'm happy or unhappy. But there's one thing I do know. You can convince yourself to be happy or unhappy. It just depends on how you choose to see things. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

7 " Sure there are all the little regrets, the broken dreams, but you have to go easy on yourself, and be flexible. Having had the chance to make things disappear from the world in order to gain just one more day of life, I've come to realize that there's a certain beauty in those regrets. Because it's proof of having lived. I won't eliminate anything more from the world. And I may regret it at the moment I actually die, but that's OK with me. No matter how you look at it, life is full of regrets anyway. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

8 " Si la observas de cerca, la vida es una tragedia, pero si la observas de lejos, es una comedia. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

9 " Cats and humans have been partners for over ten thousand years. And what you realize when you've lived with a cat for a long time is that we may think we own them, but that's not the way it is. They simply allow us the pleasure of their company. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

10 " Like love, life is beautiful because it has to end. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

11 " I scooped the cat up and snuggled him against my chest for comfort. He was warm and soft, a smooth fluffy ball of fur in my arms. I'd cuddled up with the little guy countless times over the years without thinking much about it, but now, for the first time ever, it occurred to me that maybe this little act of comfort was what life was all about. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

12 " I wonder why people always expect things from others that they themselves can’t or won’t do. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

13 " It's a little magic trick you can play on yourself. Whenever you feel sad and lonely, just smile and close your eyes. Do it as many times as you have to. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

14 " Once you become aware of your impending death, you have to make a compromise in accepting the loss of the life you wish you could have led and the reality of your imminent death. Sure, there will always be regrets and broken dreams, but you have to go easy on yourself. Over the last few days, I’ve come to realise that there is certain beauty in those regrets, they are proof of having lived. Maybe I will regrets some of my decisions when the moment comes, but that’s ok, No matter how you slice it, life is full of regrets anyway.
I was never able to be myself completely or live my life exactly how I wanted to, I am not even sure if I ever figure out what exactly being myself and living out my dreams really meant. So I guess I am going to die with all those failures and regrets, all those unfulfilled dreams, all the people I’ve never met, all the things I’ve never tasted and all the places I’ve never been. I am taking all that with me to my grave, and I am ok with that. In the end, I am satisfied with who I am and the life I’ve lived, I am just happy to have been here at all. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

15 " Cats are really something. They'll just ignore you half the time, but they seem to know when you're really in need of some comforting. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

16 " With freedom comes uncertainty, insecurity, and anxiety. Human beings exchanged their freedom for the sense of security that comes from living by set rules and routines—despite knowing that they pay the cost of these rules and regulations with their freedom. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

17 " When you think about it, it’s the future you’ll never get to see that you regret missing the most when you die. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

18 " That's what the devil is about. I'm what you wanted to become but couldn't. I'm both the closest and the farthest things from who you are. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

19 " No one knows exactly how long they’re going to live. So there’s really no such thing as too late or too soon. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World

20 " I don’t know if I’m happy or unhappy. But there’s one thing I do know. You can convince yourself to be happy or unhappy. It just depends on how you choose to see things. "

― Genki Kawamura , If Cats Disappeared from the World