Our Twisted Hero Quotes

“Suddenly, my nose began to sting and tears rolled around my eyes. It wasn't completely clear to me then, but I suppose I was tasting the sorrow of the ostracized, the bitter loneliness that goes with alienation.”
― Yi Mun-Yol, Our Twisted Hero

“Why is this class so lifeless? Like fools always watching to see how the next boy is reacting?”
― Mun-yol Yi, Our Twisted Hero

“And just as no adult is able to observe all those rules, it is also difficult for a child to observe all the rules. As the saying goes, if you brush someone, there is always dust. Children live from day to day committing innumerable petty offenses that correspond to adult breaches of the law or adult immorality. For not following the counsels or weekly instructions of the principal for not doing what the teacher said or what the student council had decided for not carrying the entreaties of parents or elders or for not observing what society considered to be acceptable behaviour-for these kinds of offenses, I became the object of the most rigid application of the regulations.”
― Yi Mun-Yol, Our Twisted Hero

“오기는 그날 내 앞까지의 아이들이 석대를 고발하는 태도 때문에 생긴 것이었다. 석대의 나쁜 짓을 까발리고 들춰내는 데 가장 열성적이고 공격적인 아이들은 대개 두 부류였다. 하나는 간절히 석대의 총애를 받기 원했으나, 이런저런 까닭으로 끝내는 실패한 부류였고, 다른 하나는 그날 아침까지도 석대 곁에 붙어 그 숱한 나쁜 짓에 그의 손발 노릇을 하던 부류였다. 한 인간이 회개하는 데 꼭 긴 세월이 필요한 것은 아니며, 백정도 칼을 버리면 부처가 될 수 있다고도 하지만 나는 아무래도 느닷없는 그들의 정의감이 미덥지 않았다.”
― 이문열, 우리들의 일그러진 영웅

“To this day, I have a hard time accepting people who suddenly convert from one region to another, or people who suddenly change their ideology, especially when they rant and rave in front of others.”
― Yi Mun-Yol, Our Twisted Hero

“What was rightfully yours was taken from you and you weren't even angry. You bent to unjust power and you weren't ashamed... If you continue to live like that, the pain you will bear in the future will be so great...”
― Yi Mun-Yol, Our Twisted Hero

“What was rightfully yours was taken from you and you weren't even angry. You bent to unjust power and you weren't ashamed... ...If you continue to live like that, the pain you will bear in the future will be so great, the beating I gave you today won't even compare”
― Yi Mun-Yol, Our Twisted Hero