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“If people are pressured by society into saying they have particular abilities, then the true value they have as themselves becomes blurred. If you say you have value because you can do particular things, you will always be judged by established social standards. So I never say I can do anything. And I don’t do anything.”
― Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

“The first time I saw that look on your face, you were still human. Still human, and I nearly went to my knees before you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames

“I think that when I was looking for a job, I felt exactly as I do today—that I don’t want my identity to be defined by a set of abilities.”
― Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

“But I doubt you did any of those things unless you have a mullet or a deep sense of irony.”
― Mona Awad, Bunny