Marita Pethick

“Books never tire of me. And in time they present a solution, quietly waiting until I am fully healed.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“people who don’t try to gain something from outside of themselves are those who end up gaining the most, that self-esteem and pride come from letting go of external validation.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Further Conversations With My Psychiatrist

“It's like you're running inside a hamster wheel. You try to get out of your depression through your efforts but fail, and this continuing cycle of trying and failing feeds back into the original depression.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want To Die but I Want To Eat Tteokpokki 2

“To tell the truth, no one was looking down on me except myself.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki