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Kazuo Ishiguro • Never Let Me Go
PHILOSOPHER: Not having objectives or the like is fine. Living earnestly here and now is itself a dance. One must not get too serious. Please do not confuse being earnest with being too serious.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Your life is not something that someone gives you, but something you choose yourself, and you are the one who decides how you live.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

Can you look directly at the world? Do you have the courage?
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
obstinate
Haruki Murakami • 1Q84 (Vintage International)
Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan
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One needs to think not, What will this person give me? but rather, What can I give to this person? That is commitment to the community.