To eat or be eaten, to escape or be taken...a matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice.

Nahoko Uehashi
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To eat or be eaten, to escape or be taken...this is a matter of utmost importance to the one concerned, yet it happens all the time and we don't even notice. This quote says that when you are threatened by another person, that person is more important than you think. You must eat and sleep and do everything that you must do to survive, but the other person is more important than you.

Source: Moribito: Guardian Of The Spirit

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