Isabel

“You should only ask someone if they love you if you love them, regardless of what the answer might be.”
― Kyung-sook Shin, I'll Be Right There

“So, I revealed secrets I did not want known in order to feel closer to someone. Oh, the loss I felt when I found the secrets I had held dear, that were so difficult to say out loud, that I had kept to myself, were being spread around the next day as if they were nothing! I think that was the moment I realized that pouring your heart out to someone might not bring you closer but in fact make you poorer instead.”
― Kyung-sook Shin, I'll Be Right There

“Life demands sacrifice and difficult decisions from us at every moment. Living does not mean passing through a void of nothingness but rather through a web of relationships among beings, each with their own weight and volume and texture.”
― Kyung-sook Shin, I'll Be Right There

“I though it was weird to see people sleeping. It scared me to see them with their eyes closed. Like they might never wake up again.”
― Kyung-sook Shin, I'll Be Right There