“When I lived here and woke up from the fog in my head, I would walk by myself to the grave site set aside for me, so that I could feel comfortable if I lived there after death.” — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
“But, Aunt... I don't want to go to the grave site set aside for me a few years ago at the ancestral grave site. I don't want to go there. When I lived here and woke up from the fog… — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
“His eyebrows were jet black, as if they had been rubbed on with charcoal-- the kind of black that made you feel as if… — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“She said that cats were more attached to places than to people. And that was why cats are often found in abandoned houses.” — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“If only we could have met each other sooner. We had led such poor and fragile lives, each alone.” — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“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… — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“What kind of writer are you?” You can’t think of a single sentence that would satisfy Hyong-chol. Your” — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
“If I opened my mouth to say a single word, all of the other expired words would have followed and spilled to the ground,… — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“Architects have to know everything there is to know about a space. You have to know its past and present. That way you can… — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“You left this house whenever you wanted to, and came back at your whim, and you never once thought that your wife would be… — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
“Is that how it goes with writing? That as long as you are writing, no time is ever completely in the past? Is this… — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
“Growing old does not make us any better at loving one another or understanding the meaning of life or death. Nor does knowledge come… — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“Do fear and love same the same root? I wondered if he was really scared of them. He knew everything there was to know… — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
“The candy melted smoothly and easily on my tongue. I had no idea anything in the world could taste like that. I thought i… — Kyung-sook Shin Copy Share Image
