Amanda

“..' Do one thing and do it well,' said a man whose 'one thing' did not include being a father.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“As long as you wear the skin of what’s considered an ordinary person and follow the manual, you won’t be driven out of the village or treated as a burden.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

“Society was a system for falling in love. People who couldn't fall in love had to fake it. What came first: the system or love?”
― Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

“In other words, you play the part of the fictitious creature called ‘an ordinary person’ that everyone has in them. Just like everyone in the convenience store is playing the part of the fictitious creature called ‘a store worker.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman