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“Nothing poisons love more than honesty. If love lasts until the day we die, we will live without showing our real self to our beloved until the day we die. Love makes us more beautiful and distorts us. Love takes our impulse to lie to an extreme.”

Quote by Yang Gui-ja

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Yang Gui-ja, born on November 13, 1955, is a Korean writer known for her profound social insight and unique literary style. Her works have won the hearts of readers with their deep social observations and distinctive narrative techniques. more

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