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“Avoiding bother was Taro's governing principle. It wasn't that he was a stick-in-the-mud. It was just that, rather than putting himself out in order to get the more pleasing or interesting things he stood to gain, he always opted for the least bothersome option. Bother still seemed to find its way into his life, however.”
― Tomoka Shibasaki, Spring Garden

“See, the problem with you is that you aren’t bothered enough by what you might call the dirt of life.”
― Banana Yoshimoto, Asleep

“You don't get to decide what's important for us. You can choose for yourself, but no one else.”
― Tillie Walden, On a Sunbeam

“Constant consciousness of old age's frailties really makes me appreciate youth. It's so interesting that we evolved to respond with automatic care to the young... while old age repels, makes us afraid of our own mortality.”
― Lucy Knisley, Displacement: A Travelogue