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“For all its millions of people, Korea is the size of a fishbowl and someone is always looking down on someone else. That's just the way it is in this country, and the reason why people ask a series of rapid-fire questions the minute they meet you. Which neighborhood do you live in? Where did you go to school? Where do you work? Do you know so-and-so? They pinpoint where you are on the national scale of status, then spit you out in a heartbeat.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face

“Most people have no capacity for comprehending true darkness, and then they try to fix it anyway.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face

“I wanted to reach out and shake her by the shoulders. Stop running around like a fool, I wanted to say. You have so much and you can do anything you want.
I would live your life so much better than you, if I had your face.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face

“Rich people are fascinated by happiness,” she said. “It’s something they find maddening.”
― Frances Cha, If I Had Your Face