“Reading should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore.”
― Yellowface
― Yellowface
“I felt as though everything inside me had been obliterated.
However much I tried, however much I wanted to go back to being who I was before, it was impossible--all that was left was an empty husk of my former self.”
― Black Box
However much I tried, however much I wanted to go back to being who I was before, it was impossible--all that was left was an empty husk of my former self.”
― Black Box
“You keep obsessively holding yourself to these idealised standards, forcing yourself to fit them. It's another way, among many, for you to keep punishing yourself.”
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
“When Korea was divided, we were still nationals of a unified Korea. It was called Choson. At separation, the Japanese government gave us permission to keep our Korean identity, but we had to choose between North and South. Many people chose the North, because of their family or because they considered the North more in line with our country’s traditions. There was no way of knowing how things would turn out. Your grandmother and I chose the South because we were from Seoul. That was the only reason. We knew nothing about any of the rest of it. Political questions meant nothing to us, the Cold War, Russia, the United States. Koreans who live in Japan have never known North and South Korea. We are all people of Choson. People from a country that no longer exists.”
― The Pachinko Parlour
― The Pachinko Parlour
“A pushover is a bad thing to be, but an opinionated pushover is a worse thing to be. A pushover is nice and goes along with it, whatever it is. An opinionated pushover acts nice and goes along with it, but while quietly brooding and resentful. I am an opinionated pushover.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
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