Young-ha Kim

Even in death, he has kept hold of the letter and the pen. Marat was killed by a woman who had written him earlier, as he was drafting a reply to her letter

People who don’t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who don’t know the beauty of simplification, of pruning away the unnecessary, die without ever comprehending the true meaning of life.

There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.

My clients don’t have Sylvia Plath’s literary talent, but they design the end of their lives with as much beauty as she did.

Is this like life? K wonders. My hand is already determined from the beginning. My hand in life is probably something worthless, like three kkeut.

They who don’t know the beauty of simplification, of pruning away the unnecessary, die without ever comprehending the true meaning of life.

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

People unconsciously want to reveal their inner urges. They are waiting for someone like me.

I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self-portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really grappled with their existence.

There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.