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  • 'Anyone who falls in love is searching for the missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It's like stepping back inside a room you have fond memories of, one that you haven't seen in a long time.'
  • 'Perhaps,' Oshima says, as if fed up. 'Perhaps most people in the world aren't trying to be free, Kafka. They just think they are. It's all an illusion. If they really were set free, most people would be in a real pickle. You'd better remember that. People actually prefer not being free.' ... 'All civilization is the product of a fenced-in lack of freedom.'
  • 'The people who build high, strong fences are the ones who survive the best.'
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