...I have so many dreams of my own, and I remember things from my childhood, from when I was a girl and a young woman, and I haven't forgotten a thing. So why did we think of Mom as a mom from the very beginning? She didn't have the opportunity to pursue her dreams, and all by herself, faced everything the era dealt her, poverty and sadness, and she couldn't do anything about her very bad lot in life other than suffer through it and get beyond it and live her life to the very best of her ability, giving her body and her heart to it completely. Why did I never give a thought to Mom's dreams?
Even though nobody knew that you were in my life, you were the person who brought a raft at every rapid current and helped me cross that water safely… - Shin Kyung-Sook
Even though nobody knew that you were in my life, you were the person who brought a raft at every rapid current and helped me cross that water safely…
- Shin Kyung-Sook
Either a mother and daughter know each other very well or they are strangers. - Shin Kyung-Sook
Either a mother and daughter know each other very well or they are strangers.
Life is sometimes amazingly fragile, but some lives are frighteningly strong. - Shin Kyung-Sook
Life is sometimes amazingly fragile, but some lives are frighteningly strong.
How can you live without trusting people? There are more people who are good than people who are bad! - Shin Kyung-Sook
How can you live without trusting people? There are more people who are good than people who are bad!
We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences. - Shin Kyung-Sook
We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences.
Life demands sacrifice and difficult decisions from us at every moment. Living does not mean passing through a void of nothingness but rather through… - Shin Kyung-Sook
Life demands sacrifice and difficult decisions from us at every moment. Living does not mean passing through a void of nothingness but rather through…
I had no way of knowing where it began or where it ended. Only that it flowed without restraint. - Shin Kyung-Sook
I had no way of knowing where it began or where it ended. Only that it flowed without restraint.
Mom's eyes held yours for a moment. 'I don't like or dislike the kitchen. I cooked because I had to. I had to stay in the kitchen so you could all ea… - Shin Kyung-Sook
Mom's eyes held yours for a moment. 'I don't like or dislike the kitchen. I cooked because I had to. I had to stay in the kitchen so you could all ea…
Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom's everyday life used to go on in a repeati… - Shin Kyung-Sook
Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom's everyday life used to go on in a repeati…
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