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101 " My ears and eyes are important sensors to catch their every move and desire. "
― Sayaka Murata , Convenience Store Woman
102 " Le patron utilise souvent le terme "utile", si bien que j'en viens à me demander s'il s'applique à moi. Peut-être mon travail vise-t-il à faire de moi un outil dont on puisse se servir. "
103 " And I probably infect others with the way I speak too. Infecting each other like this is how we maintain ourselves as human is what I think "
104 " Dengar, manusia yang tak punya manfaat bagi desa tak akan punya privasi. Bagaimanapun semua orang akan ikut campur. Pilihannya melahirkan anak, atau pergi berburu dan menghasilkan uang. Dan kalau tak bisa berkontribusi pada desa maka akan dianggap sesat. Orang-orang desa pun akan mencampuri kehidupanmu sesuka hati mereka.Shiraha "
105 " Menikah itu persoalan dokumen, terangsang adalah fenomena biologis.Shiraha "
106 " People who are considered normal enjoy putting those who aren’t on trial, you know. "
107 " Mungkin orang yang merasa hidupnya dilanggar oleh orang lain akan merasa sedikit lebih baik dengan menyerang orang lain menggunakan cara yang sama. "
108 " Karena itulah aku sadar bahwa sejak Zaman Jomon masyarakat tak berubah. Mereka yang tak berguna bagi kelompok akan disingkirkan: laki-laki yang tak berburu dan perempuan yang tak mampu melahirkan keturunan. Meskipun masyarakat modern bicara soal individualisme, mereka yang berbeda harus bersiap untuk dicampuri urusannya, ditekan, dan akhirnya disingkirkan dari desa.Shiraha "
109 " So even though you hate people meddling in your life, you’re deliberately choosing a lifestyle they won’t be able to criticize? Surely that was tantamount to accepting society wholesale, I thought, surprised. "
110 " Masyarakat tidak memperbolehkan adanya objek asing. Itulah yang membuatku menderita selama ini. Padahal aku tak menyusahkan siapa pun. Hanya karena aku minoritas, dengan gampangnya mereka mau memerkosa kehidupanku.Shiraha "
111 " Dunia normal adalah dunia yang tegas dan diam-diam selalu mengeliminasi objek yang dianggap asing. Mereka yang tak layak akan dibuang. "
112 " She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. "
113 " Just as all the water that was in my body last time we met has now been replaced with new water, the things that make up me have changed too. "
114 " Once we donned our uniforms, we were all equals regardless of gender, age, or nationality—all simply store workers. "
115 " The door opened quietly, and a tall man, almost six feet and lanky like a wire coat hanger, came in, his head drooping. "
116 " Everyone was crying for the poor dead bird as they went around murdering flowers, plucking their stalks, exclaiming, “What lovely flowers! Little Mr. Budgie will definitely be pleased.” They looked so bizarre I thought they must all be out of their minds. "
117 " I find the shape of people’s eyes particularly interesting when they’re being condescending. I see a wariness or a fear of being contradicted or sometimes a belligerent spark ready to jump on any attack. And if they’re unaware of being condescending, their glazed-over eyeballs are steeped in a fluid mix of ecstasy and a sense of superiority. "
118 " I’d never experienced sex, and I’d never even had any particular awareness of my own sexuality. I was indifferent to the whole thing and had never really given it any thought. And here was everyone taking it for granted that I must be miserable when I wasn’t. Even if I had been, though, it didn’t follow that my anguish would be the obvious type of anguish they were all talking about. But they didn’t want to think it through that far. I had the feeling I was being told they wanted to settle the matter this way because that was the easiest option for them. "
119 " Bir şey tuhafsa, insanlar çamurlu ayaklarıyla girip o tuhaflığın nedenini çözme hakkını kendinde buluyor. Bu beni fazlasıyla rahatsız ediyor; sinir bozucu, küstahlıktan başka bir şey değil. "
120 " Getting fired from a casual job in a convenience store at his age! Hopeless, really. He’d be doing us all a favor if he dropped dead, seriously.” Everyone laughed. “He really would,” I said nodding, thinking that if I ever became a foreign object, I’d no doubt be eliminated in much the same way. "