It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.'' And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.'' That's about the size of it, ' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.'' Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things. Haruki Murakami
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