The Color of Earth Quotes

“My beloved has arrived, but rather than greeting him,
All I can do is bite the corner of my apron with a blank expression-
What an awkward woman am I.

My heart has longed for him as hugely and openly as a full moon
But instead I narrow my eyes, and my glance to him
Is sharp and narrow as the crescent moon.

But then, I'm not the only one who behaves this way.
My mother and my mother's mother were as silly and stumbling as I am when they were girls...

Still, the love from my heart is overflowing,
As bright and crimson as the heated metal in a blacksmith's forge.”
― Kim Dong Hwa, The Color of Earth

“When that part of the woman meets with a man, all the flowers in the world suddenly bloom! All the birds of the world gather together and sing. The entire world turns golden, and your body becomes completely relaxed and you're not sure whether you're floating on clouds of feathers. The universe comes alive, like fireworks in the night.”
― Kim Dong Hwa, The Color of Earth

“What they lack in stature, they make up for with their mouths.”
― Kim Dong Hwa, The Color of Earth

“Karena ia tidak mempunyai hak untuk memintaku tinggal, ditaruhnya sebelah sepatu menghadap keluar. Dan karena ia tidak ingin aku pergi, ia menaruh yang sebelah lagi menghadap ke dalam. Begitu melihat sepatu, langsung kusadari hatinya yang galau”
― Kim Dong Hwa, The Color of Earth

“In one gourd
Longing vaster than the heavens
In one gourd
Waiting longer than night
On top of the gate
On top of the roof
A lantern is lit

A woman dressed and ready eagerly awaits her love.”
― Kim Dong Hwa, The Color of Earth