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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. For her, normality—however messy—is far more comprehensible.

Rachel’s Quotes

“Me as a woman liking myself, is an act of social defiance!”
― Hannah Witton

tags: feminism, political-statement, women

66 likes

“He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor

tags: adults, children, questions

53 likes

“A problem isn't finished just because you've found the right answer.”
― Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor

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“Chronic illness changes the way you see yourself—it outlasts jobs, homes, relationships. Even the flimsiest reification has power.”
― Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

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“Sometimes because, as hideous as this sounds to say, being loved is a necessary prerequisite for wanting to live but it is not sufficient on its own.”
― Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

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