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She was lying through her teeth, but unlike Frex she believed some lies were sanctioned by heaven. Pg 25

"But the primary effect was vegetable." Pg 20

"Capture it with your eyes and keep it in your heart. True, beauty can't be preserved within a frame. Pictures are lovely, but if it's a moment to be cherished forever, you won't want to miss anything. Be present - wholly unreservedly - and remember it with your heart." Pg 168

"Having made up her mind to seek death, Jieun was living each day to the fullest." Pg 165

Feelings seemed to be at once beautiful and sad. Why couldn't they be beautiful without being sad? But what did it even mean, to be beautiful? We're taught that sadness and pain aren't beautiful, while happiness and joy are. But what if the opposite were true? Imagine if people started to realize that beauty lies in pain and sadness; would the way we view the world crumble? Maybe that's why it's a hidden secret. p158

'Yeonja-yah [...] Girls like us who grew up unloved, have to band together. We aren't like those people who were showered with affection - so shining and flawless. We're the shadows. If we get too close to the light, we'll burn up. I don't want that. So let's be shade and shelter for each other. I've burned myself on love one too many times. I'm sick of it. Marriage? No way. Stay by my side. I'm lonely..." (pg 150)

"Let's eat. Eat to live, live to eat. Fill our stomachs and our lives!"
"That's right. Today's a great day! Let's set aside our worries for now and have fun."
"If the number ten represents a whole life, then a happy day would allow us to endure the other nine days of unhappiness." Pg 122

"Sometimes suffering can turn into strength, or fuel for creative inspiration." Pg 125

"The sun had gone down completely, leaving the last of its light lingering in the sky. Gently, it lit up a path for the night to stir from its slumber, as if hoping to keep it company." Pg 116

"The sun had gone down completely, leaving the last of its light lingering in the sky. Gently, it lit up a path for the night to stir from its slumber, as if hoping to keep it company." Pg 116

"A cluster of images flitted through her mind. Of how in her past lives she used to offer healing tea to the people she met. How the darkness they'd been trapped in gradually lifted as they drank, and like the rising sun, they raised their heads, a smile lighting up their faces." Pg 23

"Once we aknowledge [the blemishes on our heart], they're no longer stains, but growth rings." Pg 60