

“For me, culture is as much about what we encourage as what we actually permit.â€� David asked what he meant by that, and Sune replied: “That most people don’t do what we tell them to. They do what we let them get away with.”
― Beartown
― Beartown

“People say she's gone mad, because that's what people who know nothing about loneliness call it.”
― Beartown
― Beartown

“She could not see his humanity, and Noa realized that this was what he wanted most of all: to be seen as human.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko

“You are very brave, Noa. Much, much braver than me. Living every day in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity takes great courage.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko

“Big secrets make small men of us, especially when we’re the men others have to keep secrets from.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
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