“She believes Marianne lacks ‘warmth’, by which she means the ability to beg for love from people who hate her.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Doing what you like doesn’t guarantee happiness. Unless you’re also in an excellent environment, then maybe. Sometimes, it’s the environment that’s more important. If you’re in an ill-suited environment, what you enjoy can become something you want to give up. What I’m saying is, not everyone fits into the mould of finding happiness just by discovering what they like. That’s too simplified, not to mention naive.”
― Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
― Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
“I was forced to acknowledge too late, much too late, that I too had loved, that I was capable of suffering, and that I was human after all.”
― I Who Have Never Known Men
― I Who Have Never Known Men
“I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Life is too complicated and expansive to be judged solely by the career you have. You could be unhappy doing something you liked, just as it was possible to do what you didn't like but derive happiness from something entirely different. Life is mysterious and complex. Work plays an important role in life, but it isn't solely responsible for our happiness or misery”
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
― Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
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