Europa Quotes

“Even after going through such a thing, we have to go on living. Even after everything is achieved in some magical instant or destroyed in a single stroke, all that remains is to walk down the dark seabed of the street, hammering those nails in one step at a time.”
― Han Kang, Europa

“According to In-ah, what we walk through during these night strolls of ours is an imaginary forest or seabed. In a dress and heels and thick makeup, I wander through the central streets of the city where I was born and raised. I might bump into someone I know, but there's no way they would recognise me. Everything dazzles, everything glitters, with such a piercing intensity that I sometimes feel the urge to cry. In reality, I never do. Keeping my gaze fixed on In-ah's profile, the heat pricking the corners of my eyes soon cools. In the wake of the woman whose face looks carved from ice or stone, who keeps a slow half-stride in front so as not to be in my way, I walk on.”
― Han Kang, Europa