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“If your heart isn't in the right place, you're no different from the beasts in the forest.”

Book:The Guest

Source: The Guest

“I suppose the time is ripe for them now, for the people who were there. They're ready now, I think. So... they appear before us as part of their redemption." "But you and I, we weren't to blame, were we?" Suddenly slamming his thick palm down on the table, Uncle Some shouted, "Show me one soul who wasn't to blame!" (2007: 162)”

Redemption Korean War

Book:The Guest

Source: The Guest

“I felt like my body was slowly disappearing. First my arms and legs blurred at the edges and vanished, leaving only my trunk, then that, too, started to disappear from the bottom up. I stared at the reflection of my upper half floating in the window, transposed over the city lights, like a photo taken from overlapping negatives. Who are you? asked the man in the glass.”

Identity Gentrification

Book:At Dusk

Source: At Dusk

“[R]egardless of one's cause, one should always treat those close to him as well as humanly possible.”

Book:The Guest

Source: The Guest