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There are many, many difficult times, god knows. If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding of something. It could be children, or it could be house plants, you know? By doing that you come to understand your own limitations. That's where it starts.

Banana Yoshimoto

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Banana Yoshimoto
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: July 24
Essayist
Novelist
Prosaist
Writer
Bunkyo
Yoshimoto Banana
Children
Difficult
Limitation
Something
House
Starts
Two
Plant
Undertaking
Care
Wants
Undertakings
Persons
Feet
Recommend
Person
Stand
Feeding
Come
Times
Limitations
Many
Understand
Plants

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