Beasts of a Little Land
Juhea Kim
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Life is only bearable because time makes you forget everything. But life is worthwhile because love makes you remember everything.”
“Everywhere around them, life was happening without their knowing, and their lives were also happening in the presence of all else. All existences were touching lightly as air and leaving invisible fingerprints.”
“Everyone dreams, but only some people are dreamers. The non-dreamers, by far more numerous, are those who see the world as it is. Then there are the few dreamers, who see the world as they are. The moon, the river, the train station, the sound of rain, and even something as mundane as porridge become something else with many layers. The world feels like an oil painting rather than a photograph, and the dreamers are forever seeing hidden colors where others just see the top shade. The nondreamers look through glasses, and the dreamers through a prism”
“There are just two things in the world that give you true confidence. One is overcoming difficulties on your own, and the other is being deeply loved. If you experience both, then you will be confident for the rest of your life.”
“Perhaps this was why her mother had warned against the corruptive power of education-even without any man in sight, language itself seduced her. She fluttered with the knowledge that certain words in a certain order could rearrange her on the inside, like moving furniture. Words changed and remade her constantly, and no one else could even sense a difference.”
“Now that I’m older I know that life is not about what keeps you safe, but what you keep safe, and that’s what matters the most.”
“Death was such a small price to pay for life.”
“She fluttered with the knowledge that certain words in a certain order could rearrange her on the inside, like moving furniture. Words changed and remade her constantly, and no one else could even sense a difference.”
“On August 6, the whole world would change with the discovery that man can ignite the fire of the sun upon the surface of the earth.”
“But wild beasts had never frightened her-it was the humans who terrified her with their savagery.”
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