“As we each inquired how the other had been, something like transparent feelers reached tentatively out from our eyes, confirming the shadows held by the other's face, the track marks of suffering that no amount of forced jollity could paper over.”
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“...with such a uniform brutality it's as though it is imprinted in our genetic code.”
“Seong-hee was twenty, and her romantic nature was frequently fed by poetry.”
“An eye cold and pale as ice, looking down on you from the center of the black sky.”