Piekarnia czarodzieja Quotes

“Overwrought emotions are invisible to the naked eye and could rise endlessly like a hydrogen filled balloon. The similarity between emotion and balloons was that they imploded once far out of sight. Compared to that, reality was so dry and depressing, like a swing or a bouncy ball - no matter how high it went, it was still within sight, and always came down, unable to free itself from the pull of the earth.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Perhaps the odds are against us, perhaps life is nothing more than a baffling roll of the dice. Whichever the case, the consequences are ours alone to bear.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“The voice of reason speaks in my head. Memories should be stuffed and preserved in a box. The box will gather dust and mould and moisture and be thrown out without a second glance someday. Fantasy is valuable only when it remains fantastical to the end. Returning to the place that once healed your wounds is not a way to move forward. You can't become an adult while holding on to the magic of your childhood.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Mrs Bae's actions were a little misguided, but those were her own endeavors to become my mother (her idea of motherhood was having complete control, but nevertheless). IF I had harboured no hint of resentment towards Father's decision and simply gone along with everything she desired in compliance with traditional family form and values, would things have turned out differently?”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“No one was at fault. From the start we'd already made up our minds about how to deal with each other instead of trying to make nice and get along. Mrs Bae chose control and harassment, and I chose cynicism and indifference.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“One can't always choose the right answer. Haven't you ever made the wrong choice? The wrong choice itself isn't the problem. You should take responsibility for the outcome of your actions. If you leave it to the invisible forces to clean up after you, the consequences of it will become even harder to control.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“I wondered why a person's feelings couldn't dissolve like salt in hot water? For some, a can of tuna lasted longer than feelings. And then I realized that salt dissolved in hot water did not disappear. Without forcible separation, it remained in the solution for ever and ever.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Was there ever anyone who showed me I was appreciated for what I was instead of misunderstanding, and by saying something so simple? This gesture also got me to recognize that I'd survived an endless night of hardship. I guess I'd been too ungenerous when it came to patting myself on the back.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“I wished I could tell him. I was disappointed in myself that I couldn't”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Whatever you've done to me so far, I'll think of it as the price I have to pay for my decision. It's too late to turn things back now. You can have this space all to yourselves. You can dream of a happy future here. I won't hold it against you for not including me in the picture. I don't think the animosity will get me anywhere anyway. But promise me on thing: leave me alone from now on.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“You cannot grow new skin without being wounded first.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Sometimes, there was nothing you could do but let things run their course.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“He helped others fulfil their infinitely pathetic foolish, yet dire wishes, but has no wishes of his own. Far from receiving all the thanks he deserved, he was reviled for the unpleasant, unexpected outcome.

It must be nice for people to have someone to blame. Did that make them feel better?”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“If a person's emotions were lumps of dough, I would stretch my fondness for someone, if I ever fell in love, as long and thin as possible. As long and thin as a strand of noodle rolled out by a very capable pair of hands. Anger is the only thick, short burst of emotion I need in my life.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“If a person's emotions were lumps of dough, I would stretch my fondness for someone, if I ever fell in love, as long and thin as possible. As long and thin as a strand of noodle rolled out by a very capable pair of hands. Anger is only thick, short bust of emotion I need in my life.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Negative or positive, a powerful emotion should always be handled with care. The source of energy that ignites irrational behaviour generally has its roots in desire. As all religions have shown us from ancient times, powerful love with low boiling points often lead to aggression and violence.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“The relationship between fate and phenomenon is like chicken and egg. If you look at it from a slightly religious view, you could say that all people and objects are there for a reason. But Baker has a different idea. Things with no purpose or will, that happen to be in the same space begin to reach out to one another, and that's when meaning is created. The meaning spreads and in turn creates the order of the universe, or fate. But that's just his opinion. You have to make sense of things for yourself. He hears the universe, but he doesn't know about everything that goes on in it.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Even the gods cannot bring back the dead. If you're so desperate, go see them.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“It's every man for himself. Things will work out for him if he's lucky, or maybe things will get worse. I hid him temporarily only because he's a regular. If he hides now, he'll be running from trouble for the rest of his life.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Considering we live in a society where market value is everything, whether you're selling matter or soul, I suppose it's not that surprising that one could build a business with magic products.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“In any case, I figured she'd want me to stay out of this, as with everything. I tried not to breathe a word about it...but my expression of interest in the matter or gestures of concern also annoyed Mrs Bae.

'What do you know? Can't you see the adults are talking? Where are your manners?'

Damned if I do, damned if I don't”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“I determined the course of action with my long-term plan in mind, making calculations in preparation for my to-be-determined date of departure.

But then, I must have pressed the wrong button somewhere because my life began to go wildly off course.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“When people come across Cinderella characters in movies who suffer silently and let the abuse continue, they say, 'What the hell is wrong with the moron? Why live like that? Just tell on the stepmother and get the hell out of there!' But even as people say this, they know very well that those who expose injustice often suffer more injustice, that one cannot survive without financial support, and that certain forms of abuse one has no choice but to endure to achieve one's goals.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Knowing the reason was not going to change the situation, so the less said about it, the better. So I spoke less and less until I lost my words.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“But just because I sympathized with her personal anguish it didn't mean it fell on me, the son of the ex-wife to help her through another bad marriage. I had just enough patience and energy to put up with my father.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Except for fires and traffic accidents leading to PTSD, emotional distress is usually caused by a combination of factors that cannot be narrowed down to just one.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Except for fires and traffic accidents leading to PTSD, emotional distress is usually caused by a combination of factors tat cannot be narrowed down to just one.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“The best plan of action for domestic peace would have been to stay within our boundaries. Show only an appropriate amount of interest, participate in the dozen or so family functions - birthdays of older family members, memorial days, holidays - with as little friction as possible, and act the part of good, responsible family members. For me, this was role play with an expiration date. Simply put, I figured time would pass and a dynamic would soon form whether or not I did anything about it, and so there was no need for me to particularly endear myself to her or keep her at arm's length.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“Father say definitely that fairy-tale stepmothers absolutely do not exist in real life. I doubt there's any word in this world as oppressive as 'absolutely'. Fairy tales may be fiction, but they aren't complete nonsense either. Times and civilizations may come and go, but human nature does not change dramatically.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja

“One can't be territorial about things the never had to begin with , or things that were taken away from them very early.”
― Gu Byeong-mo, Piekarnia czarodzieja