“Dad, are you sad right now?” “Yes.” “Is it because of me?” “Yes.” “What can I do for you?” “I don’t know what you should do either. But I do know what you shouldn’t do.” “What is it?” “Don’t be sorry. Being able to grieve for someone — that’s a rare thing. I am glad that you are my sorrow. So when you grow up, be sure to become someone’s sorrow. And when your heart aches, make sure you cry like a child.”
— Kim Ae-ran, My Brilliant Life (두근두근 내 인생)
“They say the most frightening person in the world is the one who looks like they might disappear.”
— Kim Ae-ran, My Brilliant Life
“We are beings who can only barely hang on to the edge of the word ‘understanding.’”
“Not consoling easily, and in return not despairing easily — that is the heart of it.”
— Kim Yeon-su, Girlfriend at the End of the World (세계의 끝 여자친구)