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I'll Be Right There QUOTES

I'll Be Right There QUOTES

1 " I’m trying to think about what I can do. But instead all that comes to mind are the things I can’t do. How do we judge truth and goodness? Where are justice and righteousness hiding? A society that is violent or corrupt prohibits mutual communication. A society that fears communication is unable to solve any problem. It looks for someone to shift the responsibility to and turns even more violent. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

2 " I wish someone would promise me that nothing is meaningless,” he said. “I wish there were promises worth believing in. That after we’ve been hunted and lonely and anxious and living in fear, there is something else. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

3 " Now I know that anytime you see a “no trespassing” sign, it means you’ve got to go in and take a look. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

4 " Everyone has his or her own means of defining value. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

5 " He looked so silly that I could not stop laughing, even as my tears kept flowing. Is the root of laughter also sorrow? As I laughed, I was filled with both joy and sorrow. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

6 " I used to think that sharing secrets always brought people closer. So I revealed secrets I did not want known in order to feel closer to someone. Oh, the loss I felt when I found out the secrets that I had held dear, that were so difficult to say out loud, that I had kept to myself, were being spread around the next day as if they were nothing! I think that was the moment I realized that pouring your heart out to someone might not bring you closer but in fact make you poorer instead. I even though maybe growing close to someone was better achieved by empathizing in silence. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

7 " Full of questions and pleas, her eyes seemed to be asking for rescue. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

8 " Eri una persona particolare. Davi l'idea di essere in perenne lotta con qualcosa. E quando ti sentivi sconfitta, ti rifiutavi di uscire dalla stanza. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

9 " I walked behind my father on the way to her headstone, he looked like a house that was caving in. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

10 " Life demands sacrifice and difficult decisions from us at every moment. Living does not mean passing through a void of nothingness but rather through a web of relationships among beings, each with their own weight and volume and texture. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

11 " If only we could have met each other sooner. We had led such poor and fragile lives, each alone. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

12 " You should only ask someone if they love you if you love them, regardless of what the answer might be. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

13 " Growing old does not make us any better at loving one another or understanding the meaning of life or death. Nor does knowledge come with the passage of time. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

14 " So, I revealed secrets I did not want known in order to feel closer to someone. Oh, the loss I felt when I found the secrets I had held dear, that were so difficult to say out loud, that I had kept to myself, were being spread around the next day as if they were nothing! I think that was the moment I realized that pouring your heart out to someone might not bring you closer but in fact make you poorer instead. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

15 " Time is always bearing down on us; nevertheless, had I understood in my youth that we can never relive the same moment twice, things might have turned out differently. Had I understood that, I would never have said goodbye to someone, and someone else might still be alive. If only I had known that the moment you think everything has ended, something new is beginning. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

16 " Each time I thought about him, the idea that I would never be able to reach him spread through my mind like a shadow. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

17 " I had no way of knowing where it began or where it ended. Only that it flowed without restraint. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

18 " I wish someone would promise me that nothing is meaningless,” he said. “I wish there were promises worth believing in. That after we’ve been hunted and lonely and anxious and living in fear, there is something else. Considering the way we are living right now, if we were young at the end of our lives instead, then maybe our dreams could come true. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

19 " Without even having to think about it, I said, "I hope you all have someone who always makes you want to say, Let's remember this day forever." The students oohed and aahed, and then laughed at each other's reactions. I laughed with them. "Also..." They'd thought I was done but they quieted down again. "I hope you will never hesitate to say, I'll be right there. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There

20 " Viewing the world from a different angle made it all look strange and dynamic, as if seeing it for the first time. "

― Shin Kyung-sook , I'll Be Right There