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"There’s a lot of tactility in Korean cooking, whether it’s rolling gimbap or hand-mixing japchae or rubbing paste onto leaves of homemade kimchi. It makes me feel like I’m actually a part of it."

🍛 Kimchi bokkeumbap: stir-frying aged, sour kimchi with rice

🍚 Gimbap (or kimbap): seaweed (gim) rice rolls

🍜 Japchae: stir-fried noodles (from potato starch)

🥟 Mandu: Korean dumplings

🍛 "No one said your problems have to be the worse in the world in order for them to exist."

~ Eliza and Wesley's banter is so funny and cute but their insults can get out of hand sometimes lol
~ Those friends are starting to get on my nerves. I hate how they ask Eliza about her business yet they get upset and keep their mouth shut when she asks about theirs, making her feel guilty 🤨

So far, so good! I can foresee the conflict that's going to happen later on though 🙃

♍ "Why is it that when we see a different side to someone we assume that their virtues are fake, but flaws are genuine? We want people to act the way we think they should. But forcing your expectations on others is completely selfish."

🫖 “I think people do that a lot. Fall in love with the idea of a life that isn’t theirs and then when they step into that life, suddenly it’s different than what they thought. Duller than they imagined.” “It’s a little depressing,” he agrees. “But one of the best parts of life is that you can start over each day . . . "

🥀 “Sometimes relationships have an expiration date. Sometimes divorce is the best option—for everyone involved. I wouldn’t have wanted them to stay married if they were unhappy.”

🎊Happy New Year! 🎊
Page 1 of 365. Are you ready to write your story? Remember, don't close the book when life throws you a plot twist, just turn the page and start a new chapter 😉

💎 "I don’t want you to fix everything for me. You’re not my keeper. I don’t belong to you.” “You think you belong to me?” he asks incredulously. “Is that a joke? I belong to you. I lied to one of my best friends for weeks, for you. I was—I still am on board with you figuring this situation out on your own, and I told you I’ll be there to help as much or as little as you want. I would do anything for you.”

📸 “Do you think it gets easier over time?” She shook her head sadly. “I don’t think it does. After all, grief is just love without a place to go.”

💎 "I used to think love was like a ladder. . . something to achieve when you reached the precipice. From a birds-eye view, I always thought Ian was better than me, so being with him meant I was better too. Like if someone like him loved me, I’d go up another rung. Now I think it’s more like a house, or at least that’s what I’d like it to be if I ever fall in love. Something we can build together over time."

🥀 "I know you want to run from it, to pretend it doesn’t exist . . . but that won’t make it go away, August. Grief isn’t the villain. It just wants to help you remember that despite losing someone, despite the sadness and heartache and pain . . . there was also once love.”

🏠 "I viewed getting old as a bad thing, something that slows you down and steals time, when it’s really just a thing we have to deal with and adjust to. People are born and grow up, then they get old and die. And so many don’t even get to have that honor in the first place."

⚖️ “Is evil a natural force in some people, or is it created by man?”

⚖️ “I believe evil is a natural force, like a hungry virus, perpetually swirling through the air and seeking places to infiltrate. Most of us bar the door against it . . . Others welcome it in.”