“You realize how selfish you were to wish that your wife survived you. It was your selfishness that made you deny that… — Kyung-Sook Shin Marriage Copy Share Image
“If only i had known that the moment you think everything has ended, something new is beginning.” — Kyung-sook Shin Beginning 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… — Kyung-sook Shin Death Copy Share Image
“As if i could have known either that he would be my first kiss and that it would turn out to be… — Kyung-sook Shin First kiss Copy Share Image
“there’s no beginning or end to kitchen work. You eat breakfast, then it’s lunch, and then it’s dinner, and when it’s bright… — Kyung-Sook Shin Breakfast Copy Share Image
“One thing i am sure of is that our brief conversation in the dark showed him who i really am. I am… — Kyung-sook Shin Communication Copy Share Image
“i can't wait for the years to pass Jung Yoon, he said in hollow voice. Can't wait to be older, when i… — Kyung-sook Shin Become Strong 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… — Kyung-sook Shin Eyebrows 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?… — Kyung-Sook Shin Present tense 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… — Kyung-sook Shin Language Copy Share Image
“I walked behind my father on the way to her headstone, he looked like a house that was caving in.” — Kyung-sook Shin Headstone Copy Share Image
“Once her tears started, she always had hard time stopping, to the extent that i wondered how she was able to hold… — Kyung-sook Shin First place Copy Share Image
“You should only ask someone if they love you if you love them, regardless of what the answer might be.” — Kyung-sook Shin Love Copy Share Image
“Each time I thought about him, the idea that I would never be able to reach him spread through my mind like… — Kyung-sook Shin Psychology Copy Share Image