“Do I not know myself very well?”
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
“I wasn't deathly depressed, but I wasn't happy either, floating instead in some feeling between the two.”
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
― 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.”
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
― I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki
“Sometimes, tears follow my laughter. Halfway through the dance, I may fall. But I'll get up again to dance, and to laugh.”
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
“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.”
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
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