Gabi Existing

“This society hasn't changed one bit. People who don't fit into the village are expelled: men who don't hunt, women who don't give birth to children. For all we talk about modern society and individualism, anyone who doesn't try to fit in can expect to be meddled with, coerced, and ultimately banished from the village.”
― Sayaka Murata, コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen]

“If you need something desperately and find it, this is not an accident; your own craving and compulsion leads you to it.”
― Herman Hesse, Demian the Story of Emil Sinclairs Youth

“People can easily pass judgment on others when they’re protected by their own normality.”
― Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

“You eliminate the parts of your life that others find strange--maybe that's what everyone means when they say they want to 'cure" me.”
― Sayaka Murata, コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen]