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Kyung-sook Shin (This is the author's preferred Romanization per LTI Korea) born 12 January 1963 is a South Korean writer. She is the first South Korean and first woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for Please Look After Mom.

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You realize that you habitually thought of Mom when something in your life was not going well, because when you thought of her it was as though something got back on track, and you felt re-energized.

Habitually, Life, Mom, Mother, Realize, Track

Even though nobody knew that you were in my life, you were the person who brought a raft at every rapid current and helped me cross that water safely. I was happy that you were there. I came to tell you I was able to travel through my life because I could come to you when I was anxious, not when I was happy.

Able, Anxious, Came, Crosses, Tell, Water

Mom's eyes held yours for a moment. 'I don't like or dislike the kitchen. I cooked because I had to. I had to stay in the kitchen so you could all eat and go to school. How could you only do what you like? There are things you have to do whether you like it or not. ' Mom's expression asked, What kind of question is that? And then she murmured, 'If you only do what you like, who's going to do what you don't like?

Asked, Eye, Eyes, Kitchen, Mom, School

We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences.

Beautiful, Hero, Heroes, Protagonists, Thrilling, Tragedy

How can you live without trusting people? There are more people who are good than people who are bad!

Bad, Live, People, Trusting, Trusting People

Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom's everyday life used to go on in a repeating loop, without a break. Her everyday words, which you didn't think deeply about and sometimes dismissed as useless when she was with you, awoke in your heart, creating tidal waves.

Creating, Heart, Mom, Realize, Thinking, Tidal

People say that when a baby is crying the paternal grandmother will say, "The baby is crying, you should feed her," and the maternal grandmother will say, "Why is that baby crying so much, making her mom so tired?

Baby, Maternal, Mom, Paternal, Say, Tired

How far back does one's memory of someone go?

Back, Doe, Memories, Memory, Memory Of Someone

You're paved in my heart like an old road. Like the pebbles in a pebble field, dirt in dirt, dust in dust, cobwebs in cobwebs.

Cobwebs, Dust, Heart, Old, Paved

Either a mother and daughter know each other very well or they are strangers.

Daughter, Know, Mother, Stranger, Strangers

Life is sometimes amazingly fragile, but some lives are frighteningly strong.

Fragile, Life, Life Is, Lives, Sometimes, Strong

. . . I have so many dreams of my own, and I remember things from my childhood, from when I was a girl and a young woman, and I haven't forgotten a thing. So why did we think of Mom as a mom from the very beginning? She didn't have the opportunity to pursue her dreams, and all by herself, faced everything the era dealt her, poverty and sadness, and she couldn't do anything about her very bad lot in life other than suffer through it and get beyond it and live her life to the very best of her ability, giving her body and her heart to it completely. Why did I never give a thought to Mom's dreams?

Dream, Everything, Girl, Mom, Remember, Thought

If you only do what you like, who's going to do what you don't like?

Ifs, Like

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.

Among, Decision, Mean, Relationships, Sacrifice, Weight

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

Flowed, Knowing, Restraint, Way

All I wanted was for you to be free from everything. And with that freedom, you often showed me another world, so I wanted you to be even freer. I wanted you to be so free that you would live your life for other people.

Freer, Life, Live, Live Your Life, People, World

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