“The current of memory carried her along, futher, futher. This time, she didn't resist.”

“But one thing I’ve learned is that the minute I start fixating on what I don’t have — time, money, a child I can send to camp for the summer, central air conditioning — I just feel that much hotter and put-upon, and those bad feelings seem to attract extra obstructions to my day.”

“Kyung-sook's mother had taken it as an example that even if you started with nothing, with enough studying, one could accomplish everything.”

“Since when can't good, be good enough?”

“When the morning comes, let it go, this too shall pass.”

“The entertainment industry is not run the way you think it is.”

“Listen with your eyes because here you cannot decipher what is said out of the effort of mouths.”