Hon Lai-chu > Quotes

“Ever since we touched each other's bodies, we'd stopped avoiding each other's eyes--not because we'd gained an understanding of each other, but because we had less of that inexplicable fear between people.”
― Hon Lai-chu, Mending Bodies

“There was a hole in the life that had cradled me like a net, the tear growing so large I was about to fall through.”
― Hon Lai-chu, Mending Bodies

“Or maybe it's a relationship so undefinable, they don't know how to be with each other.”
― Hon Lai-chu, Mending Bodies

“He didn't say anything, so I started from the very beginning. The story was about a person who never brought an umbrella when going out, someone who truly believed that, although humans live on land, they all start their lives immersed in their mothers' amniotic fluid. Not only should they not be afraid of water, they should seize every chance there is to swim.”
― Hon Lai-chu, Mending Bodies

“Which one of my selves should I tame, and how?" I asked her.
"Which one do you wish to kill?" she asked me.
"Which one of them deserves to die?" I asked back.”
― Hon Lai-chu, Mending Bodies