--- title: "1 White Want Quotes By Han Kang" description: "1 White Want quotes by Han Kang. Plus more from Han Kang and more White Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/han-kang-29938_desire_white-hair-she-remembers-one-of-her-boss_2748635.jpg" --- > [“White hair. She remembers one of her bosses, a middle-aged man who used to say how he longed to see a former lover again in old age, when her hair would be feather-white. When we’re really old... when every single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/white-hair-she-remembers-one-of-her-bosses-a-middle-aged-man-who-used/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b18/han-kang-29938_desire_white-hair-she-remembers-one-of-her-boss_2748635.jpg) ## More by Han Kang > [“It's your body, you can treat it however you please. The only area where you're free to do just as you like.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/it-s-your-body-you-can-treat-it-however-you-please-the-only-area/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“After you were lost to us, all our hours declined into evening. Evening are our streets and our houses. In this half-light that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/after-you-were-lost-to-us-all-our-hours-declined-into-evening-evening/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“Now and then, all of this struck me as being not so much ridiculous as faintly ominous. What if, by chance, these early-stage symptoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/now-and-then-all-of-this-struck-me-as-being-not-so-much-ridiculous-as/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“After you died I couldn't hold a funeral, So these eyes that once beheld you became a shrine. These ears that once heard your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/after-you-died-i-couldn-t-hold-a-funeral-so-these-eyes-that-once/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“If only one’s eyes weren’t visible to others, she thinks. If only one could hide one’s eyes from the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/if-only-one-s-eyes-weren-t-visible-to-others-she-thinks-if-only-one/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“She had believed in her own inherent goodness, her humanity, and lived accordingly, never causing anyone harm. Her devotion to doing things the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/she-had-believed-in-her-own-inherent-goodness-her-humanity-and-lived/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“It seemed enough for her to just deal with whatever it was that came her way, calmly and without fuss.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/it-seemed-enough-for-her-to-just-deal-with-whatever-it-was-that-came/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/the-feeling-that-she-had-never-really-lived-in-this-world-caught-her/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“Looking at herself in the mirror, she never forgot that death was hovering behind that face. Faint yet tenacious, like black writing bleeding through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/looking-at-herself-in-the-mirror-she-never-forgot-that-death-was/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“I don’t know you,” she muttered, tightening her grip on the receiver, which she’d hung back in the cradle but was still clutching. “So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/i-don-t-know-you-she-muttered-tightening-her-grip-on-the-receiver/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“Bearing that in mind, the question which remains to us is this: what is humanity? What do we have to do to keep humanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/bearing-that-in-mind-the-question-which-remains-to-us-is-this-what-is/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“I never let myself forget that every single person I meet is a member of this human race.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/i-never-let-myself-forget-that-every-single-person-i-meet-is-a-member/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“Sand And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it had shattered and is shattering still.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/sand-and-she-frequently-forgot-that-her-body-all-our-bodies-is-a/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“Breath-cloud. On cold mornings, that first white cloud of escaping breath is proof that we are living. Proof of our bodies’ warmth. Cold air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/breath-cloud-on-cold-mornings-that-first-white-cloud-of-escaping/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) > [“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/han-kang/the-feeling-that-she-had-never-really-lived-in-this-world-caught-her-2/) [Han Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/han-kang/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/white-want/han-kang/#itemlist", "name": "1 White Want Quotes By Han Kang", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“White hair. She remembers one of her bosses, a middle-aged man who used to say how he longed to see a former lover again in old age, when her hair would be feather-white. 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