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

Life is sometimes amazingly fragile, but some lives are frighteningly strong.

- Shin Kyung-Sook

We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences.

- 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…

- Shin Kyung-Sook

How can you live without trusting people? There are more people who are good than people who are bad!

- 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…

- Shin Kyung-Sook

You realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not going well, because when you thought of her it was as though somet…

- 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…

- Shin Kyung-Sook