Amanda Johnson

“I have found it to be absolutely astounding, all the trouble living has turned out to be. Things nobody ever warned me about.”
― Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

“Love was an illusion for the most part. But it became real if both people risk themselves to believe in it.”
― Juhea Kim, City of Night Birds

“How cruel life is only this long. Now that I see clearly, I’d like more time.”
― Virginia Evans, The Correspondent

“The greatest threat to the creative instinct is comfort. No painter picked up a brush after a scrumptious supper. No writer writes anything good while having a high and stable income. Instead, it's hunger, anxiety, sorry, poverty, illness, and loneliness that lead to art, because the impulse to create begins from the state of tension.”
― Juhea Kim, City of Night Birds