Counterattacks at Thirty Quotes

“If someone doesn't act, the world won't change.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“Sometimes you must quit, even when you already have nothing. Sometimes, you must erase everything and take the time to withdraw into yourself. There might be people who say you're just young and being immature. But whatever. I needed time to be alone. Not just to eat and watch movies, but to be truly alone. The only excuse I can give you is that "We all experience a time like that in our lives at least once." I'm not sure who said that, but that's exactly how I felt right then.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“That question is one you're going to be asking yourself for the rest of your life. It's not just going to answer itself with old age. Loneliness, self-doubt, the purpose of life. Whenever you think about these things, you'll feel tormented and terrified that there are no answers, that you'll never figure it out. But there's something even scarier than not knowing. And that's going through life without ever asking.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“I might only be a speck of dust in the universe, but there's always the possibility that I might land somewhere and catch the light just right so that I become a beautiful rainbow. If that happens, I'll be the only one of my kind in the universe, without ever having screamed at the top of my lungs, claiming that I'm someone special. It took a lot of time and effort before I realized that, but there's this small twist: even had I not tried that hard, it would have always been true.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“I couldn't keep living like this. Actually, I could. Sure, I might get frustrated from time to time and threaten to quit, but eventually I'd just return to the same routine. And yet, I wanted to stop the cycle. I was tired of standing around and not saying anything while I cleaned up other people's messes and took the blame for them.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“You seem to think that you're moving toward something. Do you really think that's what you're doing? Or are you just pretending to not know that you're actually running from something?”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“Travel diaries masquerading as self-help books that told people to quit their jobs and chase their dreams just didn't work on anyone older who'd already settled into life's orbit.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“Family was like that sometimes. You fought when you were together, but as soon as you were apart, you started missing each other.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty

“What do you really want to do? Who would feel comfortable receiving that question? In fact, I'd spent my whole life avoiding this exact question, afraid of the answer "I don't know.”
― Sohn Won-Pyung, Counterattacks at Thirty