1
I’m trying to think about what I can do. But instead all that comes to mind are the things I can’t do. How do we judge truth and goodness? Where are justice and righteousness hiding? A society that is violent or corrupt prohibits mutual communication. A society that fears communication is unable to solve any problem. It looks for someone to shift the responsibility to and turns even more violent.KyungSook Shin
2
I wish someone would promise me that nothing is meaningless, ” he said. “I wish there were promises worth believing in. That after we’ve been hunted and lonely and anxious and living in fear, there is something else.KyungSook Shin
3
Now I know that anytime you see a “no trespassing” sign, it means you’ve got to go in and take a look.KyungSook Shin
4
Everyone has his or her own means of defining value.KyungSook Shin
5
He looked so silly that I could not stop laughing, even as my tears kept flowing. Is the root of laughter also sorrow? As I laughed, I was filled with both joy and sorrow.KyungSook Shin
6
I used to think that sharing secrets always brought people closer. So I revealed secrets I did not want known in order to feel closer to someone. Oh, the loss I felt when I found out the secrets that I had held dear, that were so difficult to say out loud, that I had kept to myself, were being spread around the next day as if they were nothing! I think that was the moment I realized that pouring your heart out to someone might not bring you closer but in fact make you poorer instead. I even though maybe growing close to someone was better achieved by empathizing in silence. .KyungSook Shin
7
Full of questions and pleas, her eyes seemed to be asking for rescue.KyungSook Shin