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Amanda’s Notes & Highlights

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

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Writing makes me happy. But it goes beyond that. Writing is my life’s work. I am absolutely positive that this is what I’m here to do. Even if it turns out that I don’t have the ability, and no one out there wants to read a single word of ...more

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Amanda’s Quotes

“After you died I could not hold a funeral,
And so my life became a funeral.”
― Han Kang, Human Acts

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“How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

tags: catatonia, coma, life

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“The word “to grieve” or “lament” in Japanese is actually made up of two different kanji characters — “sadness” and “resentment.”
― Takashi Hiraide, The Guest Cat

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“I never let myself forget that every single person I meet is a member of this human race.”
― Han Kang, Human Acts

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“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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