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“However beautiful she became, however well she did at work, even if she got married and had children, society didn't let women off that easily. The standards are getting higher, and assessments harsher. The only way to be free of it - however scary and anxiety-inducing it was, however much you kept on looking back to check whether or not people were laughing at you - was to learn to accept yourself.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter

“Perhaps she was glass. But glass is only brittle until it breaks. Then it's sharp.”
― V.E. Schwab, Vengeful

“Nobody has to be fully satisfied by just one thing, and nor do they have to aim to be like everyone else. It's plenty if people can enjoy things a good amount, and be satisfied with their life overall.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter

“In principle, all women should give themselves permission to demand good treatment, but the world made doing so profoundly difficult.”
― Asako Yuzuki, Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder