--- title: "1 Dream Writing Quotes By Kyung-sook Shin" description: "1 Dream Writing quotes by Kyung-sook Shin. Plus more from Kyung-sook Shin and more Dream Writing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/kyung-sook-shin-11722_change_i-wanted-to-write-not-because-i-thought_2425962.jpg" --- > [“I wanted to write not because I thought writing would bring about change. I simply loved it. Writing, in itself, allowed me to dream about things that in reality were impossible to achieve, things that were forbidden. From where had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/i-wanted-to-write-not-because-i-thought-writing-would-bring-about/) [Kyung-Sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/kyung-sook-shin-11722_change_i-wanted-to-write-not-because-i-thought_2425962.jpg) ## More by Kyung-sook Shin > [“His eyebrows were jet black, as if they had been rubbed on with charcoal-- the kind of black that made you feel as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/his-eyebrows-were-jet-black-as-if-they-had-been-rubbed-on-with/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“She said that cats were more attached to places than to people. And that was why cats are often found in abandoned houses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/she-said-that-cats-were-more-attached-to-places-than-to-people-and/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“If only we could have met each other sooner. We had led such poor and fragile lives, each alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/if-only-we-could-have-met-each-other-sooner-we-had-led-such-poor-and/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“Until last fall, you thought you knew your mom well-what your Mom like, what you had to do to appease her when she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/until-last-fall-you-thought-you-knew-your-mom-well-what-your-mom-like/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“What kind of writer are you?” You can’t think of a single sentence that would satisfy Hyong-chol. Your”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/what-kind-of-writer-are-you-you-can-t-think-of-a-single-sentence-that/) [Kyung-Sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“If I opened my mouth to say a single word, all of the other expired words would have followed and spilled to the ground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/if-i-opened-my-mouth-to-say-a-single-word-all-of-the-other-expired/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“Architects have to know everything there is to know about a space. You have to know its past and present. That way you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/architects-have-to-know-everything-there-is-to-know-about-a-space-you/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“You left this house whenever you wanted to, and came back at your whim, and you never once thought that your wife would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/you-left-this-house-whenever-you-wanted-to-and-came-back-at-your-whim/) [Kyung-Sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“Is that how it goes with writing? That as long as you are writing, no time is ever completely in the past? Is this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/is-that-how-it-goes-with-writing-that-as-long-as-you-are-writing-no/) [Kyung-Sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“Growing old does not make us any better at loving one another or understanding the meaning of life or death. Nor does knowledge come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/growing-old-does-not-make-us-any-better-at-loving-one-another-or/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“Do fear and love same the same root? I wondered if he was really scared of them. He knew everything there was to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/do-fear-and-love-same-the-same-root-i-wondered-if-he-was-really/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“The candy melted smoothly and easily on my tongue. I had no idea anything in the world could taste like that. I thought i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/the-candy-melted-smoothly-and-easily-on-my-tongue-i-had-no-idea/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“Taking his hand and letting it go was my way of saying goodbye.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/taking-his-hand-and-letting-it-go-was-my-way-of-saying-goodbye/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“You realize how selfish you were to wish that your wife survived you. It was your selfishness that made you deny that your wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/you-realize-how-selfish-you-were-to-wish-that-your-wife-survived-you/) [Kyung-Sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) > [“You should only ask someone if they love you if you love them, regardless of what the answer might be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyung-sook-shin/you-should-only-ask-someone-if-they-love-you-if-you-love-them/) [Kyung-sook Shin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyung-sook-shin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream-writing/kyung-sook-shin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Dream Writing Quotes By Kyung-sook Shin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I wanted to write not because I thought writing would bring about change. I simply loved it. 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