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“If only your eyesight was worse, so anything close up would be nothing more than a vague, forgiving blur. But there is nothing vague about what you have to face now.”

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Book:Human Acts

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“It must have been about midnight when I felt it touch me—that breath-soft slip of incorporeal something, that faceless shadow, lacking even language, now, to give it body. I waited for a while in doubt and ignorance, of who it was, of how to communicate with it. No one had ever taught me how to address a person's soul.”

Human Acts Han Kang

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“My shadow's edges became aware of a quiet touch; the presence of another soul.”

Human Acts Han Kang

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“We would lose ourselves in wondering who the other was, without hands, feet, face, tongue, our shadows touching but never quite mingling.”

Human Acts Han Kang

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“Every time I felt a shadow slip from me, I looked up at the night sky. How I wanted to believe that cloud-wrapped half-moon was watching over me, an eye bright with intelligence—in reality nothing more than a huge, desolate lump of rock utterly inert.”

Human Acts Han Kang

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“It was as that strange, vivid night was drawing to a close, as the faint blue light of dawn had begun to seep into the sky's black ink, that I suddenly thought of you, Dong-ho.”

Human Acts Han Kang

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“Hidden birds began to trill their morning song.”

Human Acts Han Kang

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“My soul-self had no eyes; where was that blood coming from, what nerve endings were sparking this pain?”

Human Acts Han Kang

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“Now there were no such things as bodies for us; presumably physical proximity was no longer necessary for the two of us to meet. But without bodies, how would we know each other? Would I still recognize my sister as a shadow?”

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“All the same, there was something infinitely noble about how his body still bore the traces of hands that had touched it, a tangible record of having been cared for, been valued, that made me envious and sad.”

Human Acts Han Kang

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