Delphine

“A happy life isn't achieved by preparing for and avoiding pain, loss and agony. Without those, perhaps life wouldn't be life at all.”
― Kim Hana, Two Women Living Together

“Do you know what I would do for you? I hope not. What would I not do, is the question. The universe careens around us and I shield your sleeping body with my arms, ready to proclaim to the heavens that I would kill for you: that I would kill others for you, that I would kill myself. I would even kill my husband if it came down to it. I swear every woman in my position feels the same.”
― Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

“Here's my ennobling truth, Sailor: women risk death to give life to their babies. They endure excruciating pain, their inner parts torn, then they pick themselves up no matter what state they are in, no matter how much blood they've lost, and they tend to their infants… Tell me, men: when were you last split open from the inside?”
― Claire Kilroy, Soldier Sailor

“I couldn't help but feel empty inside as I thought about all the moments of my life fading away like that. What was I, after all, if all the memories that made me up were gone?”
― Cho yeeun, New Seoul Park Jelly Vendor Massacre