The Bibliophile Doctor

“I think that’s the only way to recognize your real home. You need to be lost first. You need to be wandering, forgotten, misplaced. Only then will you truly know where you belong.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“There’s no closure in something like that,” he continues, the words breathy. “That kind of grieving is an entirely different beast. Grieving someone still alive becomes choice, instead of chance, and I’ve had a whole lot of experience with that.” He swallows, dusting his thumb across the back of my hand. “Sometimes I think it’s the only thing in this world worse than death.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun

“The only reason I was able to speak up against what I felt was wrong was all because of you. Because you stood up for me, I could stand up for the others. Thank you.”
― Hyeon A. Cho, 연의 편지

“You’re right because there is no love and war. Love is war. You fight until you win, or you fight until you lose. Imagine the victory after all that pain and struggle, after all those battle wounds.” I swallow, pressing our foreheads together, noses touching. “War was never meant for peacemakers. There is no place for white flags and soft hearts. It’s loud, feral, and violent. Love is a killer, but not everyone dies bloody.”
― Jennifer Hartmann, Catch the Sun