Amanda > Amanda's Quotes

“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

“Evil is not what we should fear. Creatures with power acting in their own interest: that is what should make us shudder.”
― Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

“it was like drinking the feeling of being peaceful. Being peaceful in your mind. Well, not if you have too much, then it’s something else.”
― Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes

“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

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“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

“When will we be able to live rather than just focusing on surviving?”
― Sayaka Murata, Earthlings

“..' 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