Buying and selling is the basis of all social intercourse, and the commodity an actor or model offered for sale was nothing less than her own being. (Ryu Murakami)

Buying and selling is the basis of all social intercourse, and the commodity an actor or model offered for sale was nothing less than her own being.

Ryu Murakami

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