"The shimmering, lucid tones and silver melancholy ofÂ I'll Be Right ThereÂ give readers a South Korea peopled with citizens fighting for honor and intellectual freedom, and longing for love and solace. Kyung-Sook Shin's characters have unforgettable voices-it's no wonder she has so many fans."

-- Susan Straight

#Character Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Korea Quotes

“Without poetry our science will appear incomplete, and most of what now passes with us for religion and philosophy will be replaced by poetry.”
“Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.”
“Accept the risen Jesus into your life. Even if you have been far away, take a small step towards Him. He awaits you with open arms.”
“The difference between faith and superstition is that the first uses reason to go as far as it can, and then makes the jump; the second shuns reason entirely â€” which is why superstition is not the ally, but the enemy, of true religion.”

Source : Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”
“I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.”
“What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and colour and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack. Kibii, the Nandi boy, was my good friend. Arab Ruta (the same boy grown to manhood), wo sits before me, is my good friend, but the handclasp will be shorter, the smile will not be so eager on his lips, and though the path is for a while the same, he will walk behind me now, when once, in the simplicity of our nonage, we walked together.”
“Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal.”
“Edgar Sawtelle is a boy without a voice, but his world, populated by the dogs his family breeds, is anything but silent. This is a remarkable story about the language of friendshipâ€”a language that transcends words.”

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