The Black Orb Quotes

“I was taken by the orbs in my sleep. When I returned, I was still on my bed. So, I just went back to sleep.”
― Ewhan Kim, The Black Orb

“Jeong-su sat at the bench where he'd been smoking earlier and lit a cigarette. When Jeong-su looked down to spit on the ground, he was shocked to find that the pile of ciga- rette butts from earlier had been disposed of. It was the end of the world, and these people were still picking up trash”
― Ewhan Kim, The Black Orb

“All he had done was go out to buy a pack of cigarettes, but in that short span of time, the whole world had changed”
― Ewhan Kim, The Black Orb

“It was strange. A person's mood could be easily ruined, easily improved, and just as easily ruined again. An angry phone call from one's parents, or an increase in the tobacco tax that was all it took to ruin a perfectly happy weekend. He could only imagine how unhappy he would be if something actually bad happened, like being fired, getting into a car accident, or contracting a terminal illness. Indeed, if his happiness was so affected by some- thing as trifling as an angry phone call, what if he were confronted with a real catastrophe? All Jeong-su could do now was wait until his mood improved and he regained his desire to live. But for that, he'd probably need a few more packs of cigarettes.”
― Ewhan Kim, The Black Orb