Princess Bari Quotes

“Later, when I travelled to other parts of the world and saw numerous cities and glittering lights and the vitality of those crowds of people, I was struck with disappointment and disgust at how they had all abandoned us and looked the other way.”
― Hwang Sok-yong, Princess Bari

“They say we’re here because of desire. In our desire to live better than others, we are cruel to each other.”
― Hwang Sok-yong, Princess Bari

“We stopped telling our stories in detail, but whenever the subject of our home countries came up, it always seemed to end in fighting and starvation and disease and brutal, fearful generals seizing power. There were still so many people dying in every corner of the world, and people crossing endless borders in search of food, just so they could live without the constant threat of death.”
― Hwang Sok-yong, Princess Bari

“The purpose of life's good and bad is to teach us to be better people, which is why you have to overcome this and appreciate the beauty of life. That's what God wants from us.”
― Hwang Sok-yong, Princess Bari

“I realized that life means waiting, enduring the passage of time. Nothing ever quite meets our expectations, yet as long as we are alive, time flows on, and everything eventually comes to pass.”
― Hwang Sok-yong, Princess Bari

“Las gentes son iguales en todo el mundo: todas carecen de algo, todas caen enfermas, todas actúan con necedad, y todas sucumben a la ambición.”
― Hwang Sok-yong, Princess Bari