Lise Mette

“It’s not long before I notice the unpleasant thoughts have subsided in my mind, flowering roots plucked from their beds of soil and dragged screaming.”
― Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales

“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.”
― Sayaka Murata, コンビニ人間 [Konbini ningen]

“A giant hand pulls back a dark curtain from behind my eyes and I suddenly find myself in the kitchen at the stove.”
― Eric LaRocca, The Strange Thing We Become and Other Dark Tales

“Everyone believed in the Factory. Everyone was brainwashed by the Factory and did as they were told. They all used their reproductive organs for the Factory and did their jobs for the sake of the Factory. My husband and I were people they’d failed to brainwash, and anyone who remained unbrainwashed had to keep up an act in order to avoid being eliminated by the Factory.”
― Sayaka Murata, Earthlings