“Why don’t we dance in Sweden, except in certain places, at night, when we’ve been drinking? “Why do we speak when we could sing? “Why do we act as if our minds are completely separate from our bodies? “Why must we walk around pretending all the time—pretending to be normal, removing the parts of ourselves that stand out?” And finally, she said this so quietly that you had to strain to listen, which we all did: “Why do you work yourselves to death to earn money so you can become rich and have leisure time?”

