A. Faten

“I thought it over again and realized that this was what it meant to be part of two such utterly incompatible cultures. When you want to show off your own culture, sometimes you might end up ignoring the other person’s viewpoint, and when you try to respect their culture, you might worry that they find everything you’re doing incredibly strange. It was quite the delicate situation.”
― Yoru Sumino, I Will Forget This Feeling Someday

“There’s a very clear sense
there that it’s you who
determines the law, or your
commander. Things happen
quickly and you don’t have
time to debate now over
human rights and judicial
implications, and you’re also, at
the end of the day, a nineteen-year-old kid who gets all
excited about his weapon and
thinks he’s chasing terrorists”
― Breaking the Silence, The South Hebron Hills

“Maybe it's only
through travel
that I can fully look at myself properly.”
― Taewoan Ha, Every Moment Was You

“It would be terrifying to be linked to someone else’s consciousness. It was scary to think that I might not be my own person...”
― Yoru Sumino, I Will Forget This Feeling Someday