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“Because we would have had to pay the world back what we owed it," she said, raising her eyes to mine. "The pain of growing up. We didn't pay when we should have, so now the bills are due. Which is why Kizuki did what he did, and why I'm here. We were like kids who grew up naked on a desert island. If we got hungry, we'd just pick a banana; if we got lonely, we'd go to sleep in each other's arms. But that kind of thing doesn't last forever. We grew up fast and had to enter society. Which is why you were so important to us. You were the link connecting us with the outside world. We were struggling through you to fit in with the outside world as best we could. In the end, it didn't work, of course.”

DeathGrowing Up
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“I can never say what I want to say," continued Naoko. "It's been like this for a while now. I try to say something, but all I get are the wrong words — the wrong words or the exact opposite words from what I mean. I try to correct myself, and that only makes it worse. I lose track of what I was trying to say to begin with. It's like I'm split in two and playing tag with myself. One half is chasing the other half around this big, fat post. The other me has the right words, but this me can't catch her.”

Thought
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“Амьдралыг хайрцагтай жигнэмэг л гэж бодох хэрэгтэй. Жишээ нь, тэр хайрцганд чиний дуртай болоод дургүй төрөл бүрийн жигнэмэг байлаа гэж бодъё. Дуртайгаа эхлээд идчихвэл дургүй жигнэмэг нь үлдэнэ. Амьдрал үнэндээ хайрцагтай жигнэмэгээс огт ялгаагүй шүү дээ.”

Norwegian Wood
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