Book Quote 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…

— 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.”

— Kyung-sook Shin

“If only we could have met each other sooner. We had led such poor and fragile lives, each alone.”

— 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…

— Kyung-sook Shin

“What kind of writer are you?” You can’t think of a single sentence that would satisfy Hyong-chol. Your”

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Kyung-sook Shin