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Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) QUOTES

Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) QUOTES

1 " Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

2 " no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

3 " With the coffee in front of her, she closed her eyes, and inhaled deeply. It was her moment of happiness. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

4 " Kohtake, though, liked her coffee hot, even in summer. She liked the aroma of it when it was freshly brewed. She couldn't enjoy iced coffee in the same way. Coffee was far more pleasurable when it was hot. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

5 " Negativity is food for malady, one might say. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

6 " At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

7 " Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

8 " I was so absorbed in the things that I couldn’t change, I forgot the most important thing. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

9 " She wanted to do things without having to worry what others thought.
She simply lived for her freedom. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

10 " But Kazu still goes on believing that, no matter what difficulties people face, they will always have the strength to overcome them. It just takes heart. And if the chair can change someone’s heart, it clearly has its purpose. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

11 " It takes courage to say what has to be said. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

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

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

13 " People don’t see things and hear things as objectively as they might think. The visual and auditory information that enters the mind is distorted by experiences, thoughts, circumstances, wild fancies, prejudices, preferences, knowledge, awareness, and countless other workings of the mind. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

14 " We must become friends before this coffee cools. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

15 " The kindness in his smile seemed infinite. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

16 " Doing things differently from everyone else would normally antagonize those making sure no one went against the grain, but no one ever thought that way with Kei. She was always everyone’s friend; she had that sort of effect on people. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

17 " The present hadn’t changed—but those two people had. Both Kohtake and Hirai returned to the present with a changed heart. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

18 " Just remember. Drink the coffee before it goes cold,” she whispered. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

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

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)

20 " Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust. Hirai saw Kei as a confidante with whom she could share anything. The emotional gravity was strong. Kei was able to accept anything—forgive anything—that Hirai let flow out. A single kind word from Kei could cut the cords of tension that ran through her. "

― Toshikazu Kawaguchi , Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)