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Foolish man didn’t know beauty was the best camouflage for a monster.
“Changwan-ah, you always worry about the future instead of enjoying what’s happening now. You need to learn that life isn’t worth living if you’re not having fun.”
The less people expected from him, the more they left him alone.
He was going to wring that dog’s neck. He’d go to the pet store and buy an exact replica of Dubu. His halmeoni would never know the difference.
As he wondered what magic had let him remove it when the girl, obviously much stronger than he was, could not, the bujeok dissolved in his hand.
“When the body wants to wake, it doesn’t matter what the mind desires.”
His stunt with the note had garnered her a lot of unwanted attention, and she was starting to regret saving his useless life.
Her eyes narrowed as she tried to decide what level of idiotic he was.
Kids, no matter where they lived, just wanted to fit in. And that meant ridiculing anything and anyone that didn’t.
“A fox is an animal just like you and me. She does not choose evil or good upon coming into this world.”
When you’re constantly treated as a pariah and labeled bad, you might begin living up to that expectation.”
Miyoung had never fed off a girl before, but she thought perhaps Somin’s energy would fill her to the brim.
“When something’s important to you, you’re willing to give up a lot for it.
Sometimes you need to stop thinking so hard about what you get out of life and have fun.”
Ignore everyone until they started
ignoring her, too.
Stopping bad people doesn’t make me a good one.
“Well, dear, sometimes the universe works in odd ways, but family does not always come about through blood.”
It hurt to see such love when she’d never received it herself. Like picking at a wound after she’d long grown a callus over it. And now it lay open and fresh.
“I prefer fictional life. Things in the outside world are too messy.”
“I need to be in control. It’s safer that way.”
“Just because something doesn’t seem right to most, doesn’t mean it’s not right for you. You get that, don’t you?”
NOT ALL PREDATORS are monsters. But if you beat them enough, they’ll bite.
He’d wanted to see if she’d taste like rain. He suspected it was more likely she’d taste like lightning.
knew she should comfort the shaman with her forgiveness. But she couldn’t.
No matter how good she was at lying to others, she could never master the skill of lying to herself.
She had to be strong, but a part of her started to doubt this was strength. Why did she think depending on others meant she was weak?
“We all make mistakes. My mom says we should always get a second chance. How else will we make up for them?”
“The good thing about friends is that even when they fight, they still care about each other.”
“People often mistake gratitude for deeper emotions.”
“Sometimes, in life, we cannot find the salvation we need. If so, it can come in death.”
“Why don’t we go to the café on the corner while we wait for Somin to scour the room one last time.”
when you think you’re going to live forever, things aren’t as serious. Missing fathers, strict mothers. People constantly hating you for no good reason.
When you’re so used to people leaving, you start to think something might be wrong with you. It was easier to be mad at you than to feel like I wasn’t good enough yet again.”
“Maybe it’s wrong for us to hold any one person as our whole world. Maybe . . .” Jihoon trailed off with an odd expression. “Maybe it’s wrong of us to owe all of our happiness or sadness to one person.”
“It seems like he’s sticking around because he needs to make amends,” Jihoon had said. “I think we can both understand how that feels.”
token? Yena had hated flowers; she said they made a mess when they died.
