Banana YoshimotoJust being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age.
About This Quote
In this quote from Nakajima Akiyuki’s book, “Damask Rose,” the author describes his love for a woman named Chiyoko. In the early 1950s, Nakajima was a high-school student in Japan and Chiyoko was a famous actress in the country. He referred to her as ‘the Princess of the Theater.’ When they met, he felt a kind of detachment from history and had no particular age. He also says that he fell in love with her through her beauty and grace, but it was more than that. I think this is pretty good evidence that our feelings grow stronger when we are with people who make us feel young.
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