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“Maybe I am just an empty, futile person, he thought. But it was precisely because there was nothing inside of me that these people could find, even if for a short time, a place where they belonged. Like a nocturnal bird seeks a safe place to rest during the day in a vacant attic. The birds like that empty, dim, silent place. If that were true, then maybe he should be happy he was hollow.”
― Haruki Murakami

“我們不妨回頭檢視：「禮儀」在人類學中的發展史兩個人伸出手，互相緊握，代表友誼，而這些動作在心理上的意義卻是：我告訴對方，我用來持武器的那雙手，裡頭是空空的，請您檢查；而對方也作了同樣的宣示。透過我們互相的確認，我們認定了彼此沒有攜帶武器，而是真的要來談判的。禮貌在心理上意義，就是敵意的遮掩⋯”
― 陳俊欽, 黑羊效應

“And also don’t forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.”
― Clifford Irving, Trial

“不想結婚的人們，應值得一次鼓勵，他們對自己誠實，誠實地說，目前並無把握負擔誰的逆境、貧窮、疾病與哀愁。在天災滿布的現世中，他們調節著人禍的比例。”
― 吳曉樂, 可是我偏偏不喜歡