Matt

“Annyeong, in my mother tongue
Is both a first and last greeting

Distinguishable by stress, and intonation, and context

Annyeong, nice to meet you.
Annyeong, be well.

Annyeong, we meet again.
Annyeong, let's meet again.”
― Han Kang, Light and Thread

“If I write what I feel, it's to reduce the fever of feeling. What I confess is unimportant, because everything is unimportant.”
― Fernando Pessoa , The Book of Disquiet

“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“I do not think I responded immediately, for it took me a moment or two to fully digest these words of Miss Kenton. Moreover, as you might appreciate, their implications were such as to provoke a certain degree of sorrow within me. Indeed- why should I not admit it? - at that moment, my heart was breaking.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day