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“The only difference between a murderer and a hero is who tells the story.”
People can’t love someone they don’t respect.
“Traditions are made to be broken.”
If one person understands another completely—from their deepest pain to their most passing thought—I think they can’t help but love each other.
“Have you ever considered that most people weren’t born to save the world? Most of us are lucky just to find a home, a family to protect, and that’s enough.
No human being should be reduced to a function. The day we do that—it’s the beginning of the end.”
You don’t get to choose why people love you. But what you do with the love you receive . . . that’s a choice you make every day.”
Do not confuse guilt with conviction. Guilt is self-centered, and leads only to destructive obsession. But conviction brings balance—a sense of purpose beyond oneself.
“I want to live,” I said, replacing Ye Eun’s lily behind my ear, “because life is . . . is worth it. Because as long as we can imagine a better world, we should stick around to see it. Even if it doesn’t exist yet. Even if we have to build it from scratch, brick by muddy brick.”
Not all pain was worthless. Sometimes, pain could write a story.
