Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can'…

Banana Yoshimoto
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Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can't make anything come out. And in the middle of the night I lie here thinking about all this. If I don't get back on track somehow, I'm dead, that's the sense I get. There isn't a single strong emotion inside me. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (2002). Goodbye Tsugumi, p.163, Grove Press
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