“Even if you are alive somewhere, the absence of the other person who used to be there beside you obliterates your presence. Everything in the room, even the stars in the sky, can disappear in a second, changing one scene… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share Image
“They are like the handful of belongings saved from a burnt-down house. There should be a continuous challenge to authority for change and reform,… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share Image
“The blazing sun beat down on the concrete of the museum's front yard- Reverend Ryu Yosop felt as if the heat were sucking up all the moisture in his brain and heart. What different colors he and his brother Yohan must have used as each of them painted their own picture of home, of the carnage. These people have constructed… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share
“There is an old saying that goes 'Start by plucking a hair, end by killing a man'. It is also said, 'Two hands must meet to make a sound'. The atrocities that happened here weren't carried out by strangers - it was us, the people who'd once lived together harmoniously in the same village." "They say it was the superstitious… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share
“Even if you are alive somewhere, the absence of the other person who used to be there beside you obliterates your presence. Everything in… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share Image
“Women are walking around on the streets. From her calf and the hem of her skirt to her hip, from her hair to the… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share Image
“The scene [Bruegel's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'] is filled with a vast field, and a cow and a farmer plowing. In the… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share Image
![“The scene [Bruegel's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'] is filled with a vast field, and a cow and a farmer plowing. In the left-hand corner is a tiny ocean the size of a palm, and there, I can barely make it out, the two legs of a man who fell headlong into the sea. This is called the Fall of…” quote by Hwang Sŏk-yŏng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/063/hwang-s-k-y-ng-53361_day-life_the-scene-bruegel-s-landscape-with-the-f_2346650.jpg)