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Convenience Store Woman

Book by Sayaka Murata · 13 quotes · Society, Human Nature, Humour

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“Society is continually judging us.”

Society Identity Judgment Expectations Individuality Self Worth Conformity Social Commentary Social Pressure

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“If it had been that simple all along, I thought, I wish she'd given me clear instructions before, then I wouldn't have had to go to such lengths to find out how to be normal.”

Human Nature Normalcy

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“I had the feeling I was being told they wanted to settle the matter this way because that was the easiest option for them.”

Human Nature Truthful Psyche

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“Even when I'm far away, the convenience store and I are connected. In my mind's eye I picture the brightly lit and bustling store, and I silently stroke my right hand, its nails neatly trimmed in order to better work the buttons on the cash register.”

Self Psychological Connection Location

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“El mundo normal es un lugar muy exigente donde los cuerpos extraños son eliminados en silencio. Las personas inmaduras son expulsadas. […] Cada vez me costaba más entender qué era el «mundo». Incluso tenía la sensación de que era un concepto imaginario.”

Reality Of Life Rare Personalities

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“El mundo normal es un lugar mu exigente donde los cuerpos extraños son eliminados en silencio. Las personas inmaduras son expulsadas.”

Life Lessons Sad But True Ironia Cinism

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“The normal world has no room for exceptions and always quietly eliminates foreign objects. Anyone who is lacking is disposed of. So that’s why I need to be cured. Unless I’m cured, normal people will expurgate me. Finally I understood why my family had tried so hard to fix me.”

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“As we were chatting in the back room, her gaze suddenly fell on the ballet flats I was wearing. "Oh, those shoes are from that shop in Omotesando, aren't they? I like that place too. I have some boots from there." In the back room she speaks in a languid drawl, the end of her words slightly drawn out. I bought these flats after checking the brand name of the shoes she wears for work while she was in the toilet. "Oh really? Wait, do you mean those dark blue ones you wore to the shop before? Those were cute!" I answered, copying Sugawara's speech pattern but using a slightly more adult tone.”

Society Human Condition Copycat

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“At that moment, for the first time ever, I felt I'd become a part in the machine of society. I've been reborn, I thought. That day, I actually became a normal cog in society.”

Society Monotonous Compliance

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“So that was it: now that she thinks he's "one of us" she can lecture him. 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. For her, normality--however messy--is far more comprehensible”

Society Outcast Normalcy

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“As far as I was concerned, there wasn't any difference between my friend Miho's child and my nephew, and I didn't understand the logic of coming out all the way here just to see him. Maybe this particular baby should be more important to me than the others. But so far as I could see, aside from a few minor differences they were all just an animal called a baby and looked much the same, just like stray cats all looked much the same.”

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“I'm poor too, so I can't give you any money. But if you're not fussy I can provide your feed for you." "What?" "Oh sorry. It's the first time I have kept an animal at home, so it feels like having a pet, you see.”

Relationships Humour

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“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.”

Normal People Normativity

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