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“When something was strange, everyone thought they had the right to come stomping in all over your life to figure out why. I found that arrogant and infuriating, not to mention a pain in the neck. Sometimes I even wanted to hit them with a shovel to shut them up, like I did that time in elementary school. But I recalled how upset my sister had been when I’d casually mentioned this to her before and kept my mouth shut.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

“Tak ada aturan bagi seseorang dalam menulis, demikian juga dalam berpikir.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Perpustakaan Ajaib Bibbi Bokken

“Karena hati memiliki kebijaksanaannya sendiri dan mengerti apa yang tak dipahami oleh otak.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Perpustakaan Ajaib Bibbi Bokken

“The normal world has no room for exceptions and always quietly eliminates foreign objects. Anyone who is lacking is disposed of.

So that’s why I need to be cured. Unless I’m cured, normal people will expurgate me. Finally I understood why my family had tried so hard to fix me.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman