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“Of all life has to offer, only love is indispensable.’ Was love the most important thing in life? Did nothing else compare? Love is great, she thought. But indispensable? No, she didn’t agree. Just like how some thrive on love, it’s also possible to live without it. I’m doing quite well without love, she thought.”

“A good novel, to Yeongju, was one which would bring her to places beyond her expectations. In this book, her focus had initially been on the woman ‘walking away’, but later, she realised ‘love’ was what made everything possible. She mulled over how the woman starts to wear the glasses the man had left behind, even though it ruins her sight eventually – her final, desperate attempt to be close to him”