“I wish you the blessing of oblivion, and that you will find the strength to exist moment by moment.” Letting GoMoving OnOblivion Book:Shoko's Smile: Stories Source: Shoko's Smile: Stories
“The fact that I could no longer see him became clearer by the minute. Yet, the clearer it became, the less it felt like fact.” SadnessMoving OnGrievingMourning Author:Choi Eunyoung
“(…) That’s how you become an adult. No one thought the examine the bruises inside her. The incident had nothing to do with her, in other people’s lives, and not one of them suspected it had damaged her.” SufferingRelatableAdulting Author:Choi Eunyoung
“We should distinguish love from affection.” LoveAffection Book:Shoko's Smile: Stories Source: Shoko's Smile: Stories
“Time passes, people leave, we become alone again. If we don't accept that fact, memory erodes the present and exhausts the mind until it ages us and ails us.” TimeMoving OnGrievingRemembering Book:Shoko's Smile: Stories Source: Shoko's Smile: Stories
“If you couldn't share someone's pain,, if you didn't have the guts to survive a difficult stretch with them, it was better to choose heartlessness over half-hearted affection.” SympathyApathyDetachment Book:Shoko's Smile: Stories Source: Shoko's Smile: Stories