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“In this society, you could command respect as long as you were someone's wife, no matter how dull your husband was. The world would always defer to a woman who was the property of a man. Though, of course, the respect was ultimately directed toward the husband more than the wife.”
― Natsuo Kirino, Swallows

“You can be soft and seem hard. If you want, you can pretend that nothing sad has ever happened in your life. People will like you more that way.”
― A.K. Blakemore, The Glutton

“I hope in your next life you come back as a snail!”
― Lisa See, Daughters of the Sun and Moon

“Oh my god, I thought immediately, he's a creep. He's self-identifying as a beta male. He's probably an incel. Fuck!”
― Saou Ichikawa, Hunchback