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For a while, when I was eleven or so, I used to drop the empty cardboard toilet rolls into the john. They would take a while to disappear, five or six flushes usually, but I was in no hurry.
“I’m aware that many things were not better in the 1940s. Underarm deodorants and air-conditioning were woefully inadequate, for instance, so everybody stank like crazy, especially in the summer, and also we had Hitler.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“I don't think a girl ever gets over losing her mom. I'm an adult and it's completely normal and expected for my mom to be dead, but I still feel orphaned sometimes.”
― P.S. I Still Love You
― P.S. I Still Love You
“Showa...never forget the price that was paid for the world you live in now. Never forget the lessons of history. It's up to you. Don't make the same mistake again!!!”
― Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan
― Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan
“I'm an American,' Kabuo cut in. 'Just like anybody. Am I calling you a Nazi, you big Nazi bastard? I killed men who looked just like you - pig-fed German bastards. I've got their blood on my soul, Carl, and it doesn't wash off very easily. So don't you talk to me about Japs, you big Nazi son of a bitch.”
― Snow Falling on Cedars
― Snow Falling on Cedars
“It's necessary to learn from the past, to not repeat the same mistakes. And to never forget it was real! This actually happened to us!”
― Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan
― Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan
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