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“The author of the novel probably didn't think about stuff like this. However, it is up to you to decide on what you'll get out of reading the novel. If you only find trash within, then it'll simply end as trash. But if it can impart just a tiny little bit of deeper meaning to you, then that alone will improve this work in your eyes. Again, it is up to you to decide which one it will be. But I'd really like you to choose the option where you get to 'appreciate' your time a little bit better.”
― Singshong (싱숑)

“Helping someone who didn't want help could be a curse. However, some people couldn't ask for help despite needing help. It was because they had never asked for it before.”
― Singshong, 전지적 독자 시점 3 [Jeonjijeog Dogja Sijeom 3]

“Only after having met you did I rediscover that it's such a simple thing to be happy.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“People who's freedom is taken away always end up hating somebody. Right? I know I don't want to live like that.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage