Mona

“You realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not going well, because when you thought of her it was as though something got back on track, and you felt re-energized.”
― Kyung-Sook Shin, Please Look After Mom

“How can you live without trusting people? There are more people who are good than people who are bad!”
― Kyung-Sook Shin, Please Look After Mom

“هل سألت نفسك يوما أثناء بحثك على الانترنت عن معلومة ما ، هل كل المعروض أمامك في صفحات نتائج البحث هي كل المعلومات المتوافرة حقا على الانترنت أم ان هناك من يصدر لك معلومة و يحجب ما دونها؟”
― شيرين هنائي, صندوق الدمى

“...I have so many dreams of my own, and I remember things from my childhood, from when I was a girl and a young woman, and I haven't forgotten a thing. So why did we think of Mom as a mom from the very beginning? She didn't have the opportunity to pursue her dreams, and all by herself, faced everything the era dealt her, poverty and sadness, and she couldn't do anything about her very bad lot in life other than suffer through it and get beyond it and live her life to the very best of her ability, giving her body and her heart to it completely. Why did I never give a thought to Mom's dreams?”
― Kyung-Sook Shin, Please Look After Mom