Home / Quotes / Quote by Han Kang

Quote by Han Kang

“In any case, the waking hours that stretched out in front of you were far more frightening than any dream.”

Quote by Han Kang

Book:Human Acts

Work

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Han Kang. more

You May Also Like

“Far from being the type to thrash anyone, her light tread and quiet voice make it impossible to imagine her ever getting properly angry.”

Human Acts Han Kang

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“...those affable eyes. That exhausted smile.”

Human Acts Han Kang

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“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.”

Human Acts Han Kang

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“Mine was second from the bottom, jammed in tight and crushed still flatter by every body that was piled on top. Even this pressure didn't squeeze any more blood from my wounds, which could only mean that it had all leaked out already.”

Human Acts Han Kang

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“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

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

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

Human Acts Han Kang

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“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

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“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

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“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

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts

“Hidden birds began to trill their morning song.”

Human Acts Han Kang

Book:Human Acts

Source: Human Acts