"If that's true, why did they build a zoo?"
"Ah, that is indeed a contradiction. But inconsistency is mankind's very nature."
"Now you're fudging."
"You don't have to worry about what's natural and unnatural. Just live your life as you please."/>

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" Human beings hate everything that is unnatural," Michael explained. "They think that bears must remain bears. It's just the same way some people think that the lower classes must remain poor. They would consider anything else unnatural."
"If that's true, why did they build a zoo?"
"Ah, that is indeed a contradiction. But inconsistency is mankind's very nature."
"Now you're fudging."
"You don't have to worry about what's natural and unnatural. Just live your life as you please. "

Yōko Tawada , Memoirs of a Polar Bear


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Yōko Tawada quote : Human beings hate everything that is unnatural,"If that's true, why did they build a zoo?"
"Ah, that is indeed a contradiction. But inconsistency is mankind's very nature."
"Now you're fudging."
"You don't have to worry about what's natural and unnatural. Just live your life as you please." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>