Aya Kito Quotes

Japan, Diarist
July 19, 1962 – May, 23, 1988.

Aya Kitō was a Japanese diarist. She wrote about her personal experiences living with spinocerebellar ataxia which was later published in the book 1 Litre no Namida.

Death is not fearful. What's fearful is giving up.

Aya Kito
- Death
- Giving Up
- Fearful
People shouldn't dwell on the past. It's enough to try your best in all that you're doing now.

Aya Kito
- Past
- Try
- Dwell

A handicapped person is a human being with the same heart as anyone else. It's not a misfortune if you can't hear-it's just an inconvenience.

Aya Kito
Each person has unspeakable distress. When I remember the past, annoying, I cry; The reality of today is too cruel, too severe, and doesn't even offer me a dream; Imagining the future brings me yet another kind of tears

Aya Kito
I put my hand on my chest. I can feel my heart beating. My heart is working. I'm pleased. I'm still alive.

Aya Kito
- Heart
- Working
- Alive
As I think about the future the tears will come out again.

Aya Kito
- Future
- Tears
- Come Out
People often say that the beginning of the rainy season is a bad time for sick people.

Aya Kito
- Sick
- Season
- Rainy
If you look up at the sky after falling down the blue sky is also today stretching limitlessly and smiles at me... I'm alive.

Aya Kito
- Sky
- Alive
- Falling Down