Elif

“But the you of the present is looking at your life and past as if you're a failure. When in truth, from the perspective of a younger you, you're the very picture of success.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“Someone must want to know how I am every day for me to be happy alone.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“Even in my most unbearably depressed moments I could be laughing at a friend's joke but still feel an emptiness in my heart.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“Being relaxed or relieved is not the state that we always have to be in. Sometimes, there's a need to hold on to the frustration of the situation, to the complexity of things as you think and ponder.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop