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“When I passed my hand over my face my palm came away glistening; I hadn't even been aware that I was crying.”

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Book:Human Acts

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“How could I stop it from happening? The person who had told me all this had disappeared somewhere, and I was standing in the middle of the street clutching my cell phone, totally at a loss. Should I call someone official, some kind of authority, and let them know what was about to take place? Even once I'd informed them, would they be able to stop it from going ahead? Why had this knowledge come to me of all people, someone who had no power whatsoever? Where should I go, how can I...as these words were smoldering inside my mouth, my eyes snapped open. Another dream. Just a dream.”

Human Acts Kang Han

Book:Human Acts

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“There was something shockingly incongruous about the people there, their flamboyant clothes, the way they were laughing as though nothing was wrong. How was such a scene possible, when so many people had died?”

Human Acts Kang Han

Book:Human Acts

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“I'm waiting. No one is going to come, but still I wait. No one even knows I'm here, but I'm waiting all the same.”

Human Acts Kang Han

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“Acts of violence committed in broad daylight, without hesitation and without regret. Commanding officers who would have encouraged, no even demanded such displays of brutality.”

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“I read an interview with someone who had been tortured; they described the aftereffects as "similar to those experienced by victims of radioactive poisoning." Radioactive matter lingers for decades in muscle and bone, causing chromosomes to mutate. Cells turn cancerous, life attacks itself.”

Human Acts Kang Han

Book:Human Acts

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“You have been unfailingly diligent and unfailingly taciturn. Work is a guarantee of solitude. Living a solitary life; you are able to let the regular rhythm of long hours of work followed by brief rest carry you through the days, with no time to fear the outer dark beyond the circle of light.”

Human Acts Kang Han

Book:Human Acts

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“Though it's now close to midnight, the wind is still heavy with heat.”

Human Acts Kang Han

Book:Human Acts

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“The summer night is sultry, its hot fug of air dragging on your limbs.”

Human Acts Kang Han

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“Would you have been able to string together a continuous thread of words, silences, coughs, and hesitations, its warp and weft somehow containing all that you wanted to say?”

Human Acts Kang Han

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“Blanked out sentences that you had to fill with your imagination.”

Human Acts Kang Han

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts