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Modern Korean Short Stories

by Chung Chong-Wha

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“People think that only the future can be changed, but in fact, the future is continually changing the past. The past can and does change. It’s exquisitely sensitive and delicately balanced.”
― Keiichirō Hirano, At the End of the Matinee

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“I read my books with diligence, and mounting skill, and gathering certainty. I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life.”
― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays

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“What uneasiness lies in being loved.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

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“If we turn a blind eye to the fact that your opinion is entirely wrong, you're quite right.”
― NisiOisiN, Zaregoto, Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle

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“Destruction is tragic and piteous and beautiful. The dream of destroying, building anew, perfecting. Perhaps, even, once one has destroyed, the day of perfecting may never come, but in the passion of love, I must destroy.”
― Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun

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