Zahraa Maytham

“Sometimes the best thing to do with people who would never listen to you in the first place is to avoid them altogether. To right every wrong you come across in the world would be an impossible endeavour for any one person. You’re just one person, and you’re putting too much of the weight of the world on yourself.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

“Sometimes I think about how lucky it is that I enjoy the wind. When the evening breeze blows, I thank it for clearing up the stuffiness in me and letting me breathe easier.”
― Hwang Bo-reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop

“It’s like I know everything is fine, but I can’t stop myself from endlessly checking to make sure it really is fine, and in the process I make myself miserable.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

“Being imperfect is all right and being awkward is okay. You don’t have to cheer up. I can do well today, or not. It’ll be an experience either way. And that’s fine.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki