K. M

“Learn everything. Fill your mind with knowledge—it’s the only kind of power no one can take away from you.” Hansu never told him to study, but rather to learn, and it occurred to Noa that there was a marked difference. Learning was like playing, not labor.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't do that, and two, you dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library!”
― Ben Affleck, Good Will Hunting

“You want to see a very bad man? Make an ordinary man successful beyond his imagination. Let’s see how good he is when he can do whatever he wants.”
― Min Jin Lee, Pachinko

“Everyone’s too self-centered and ego-driven. And lazy. God, are we lazy as a society. It’s disgusting really. We’re fed information, we don’t question it, and we allow it to shape our thoughts, our wants, our desires . . . our life decisions. And then we wonder why we’re so fucking miserable all the time.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher