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astrangerhere · 01-08-2011, 09:08 AM

"I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness."

- Banana Yoshimoto from the excellent novella Kitchen, published in Japan in 1988.

01-08-2011, 09:08 AM	#1061
astrangerhere Professor of Law Posts: 3,755 Karma: 68428716 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini	"I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness." - Banana Yoshimoto from the excellent novella Kitchen, published in Japan in 1988.