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The People in the Trees

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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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“That’s why contemporary society is dysfunctional. They might mumble nice things about diversity of lifestyles and whatnot, but in the end nothing has changed since prehistoric times.

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“Yours' like 'Later!', had an off-the-cuff, unceremonious, 'here, catch' quality that reminded me how twisted and secretive my desires were compared to the expansive spontaneity of everything about him.”
― André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name

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“Instead, I squirreled away small things so that in the lean days ahead glimmers from the past might bring back the warmth.”
― André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name

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“That’s why contemporary society is dysfunctional. They might mumble nice things about diversity of lifestyles and whatnot, but in the end nothing has changed since prehistoric times.”
― Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

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“He wanted to blame the books, the sci-fi, but he couldn’t—he loved them too much.”
― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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“goes on like this and we can’t compensate for the things that get lost, the island will soon be nothing but absences and holes, and when it’s completely hollowed out, we’ll all disappear without a trace. Don’t you ever feel that way?”
― Yōko Ogawa, The Memory Police

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