Patricia

“I am someone who is completely unique in this world, someone I need to take care of for the rest of my life, and therefore someone I need to help take each step forwards, warmly and patiently, to allow to rest on some days and to encourage on others - I believe that the more I look into this strange being, myself, the more routes I will find to happiness.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“So, by freedom, I suppose I am referring to a personal pursuit, of sorts, and self-realization through consciousness of our individual selves — the spiritual essence that differentiates one person from another. If more of us went after this kind of freedom, the world would be a more diverse, more inclusive, more equal, and richer place. It would be all the more colorful. The pursuit of freedom is what shapes our individual trajectories, our personal goals, and stops us from having to vie for space on a single, narrow path.”
― Hu Anyan, I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

“But again, you can enjoy the freedom of your own thoughts. Instead of thinking, 'I must not have these thoughts.”
― Baek Se-hee, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

“To lose something you never had can be just as painful—because it is the hope of having it that you lose. The hope that in this world, there are magical fish who will give you advice and warning, when really, the future is unknowable and infinitely dangerous.”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue