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“I am a woman who loves women. The tears I cry, they spring from a river and drain across my face like yolk.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“Only healthy people are capable of being in love. Using love to treat an illness just makes the illness even worse.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“I’ve burned completely, I’ve already bloomed fully.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Last Words from Montmartre

“Labor without end. The thought that no one can save me from this exhausting work. Concern over what will happen when the moment comes when I cannot work anymore. In other words, what worries me isn’t death, but life. I must do whatever needs to be done to withstand this suffocating uncertainty that will be with me for as long as I am living. I learned this too late.”
― Kim Hye-Jin, Concerning My Daughter: A Novel