Baek Sehee

I feel frustrated. I don’t want to be so dependent. I want to be self-sufficient and be fine when I’m alone, but I keep thinking that would be impossible

Feelings of envy are very common, it only means you have ideals

Just because you like one thing about a person, you don’t need to like everything about them. And just because you don’t like one thing about a person, it doesn’t mean the person as a whole isn’t worth your time.

The fairy tales we read as children are very one-dimensional. There are good people and bad people in those stories. But in the books adults read, it becomes harder to divide up characters into absolutely good and absolutely bad people. I hope you learn to look at a person as a whole before judging them. And to look upon yourself as a whole individual as well

Is living until the end really a triumph in every case? As if there can be any true winning or losing in this game of life

Happiness and unhappiness alternate throughout life, as in a dance. So as long as I keep going and don’t give up, surely I will keep having moments of tears and laughter.

Books never tire of me. And in time they present a solution, quietly waiting until I am fully healed. That’s one of the nicest things about books.

Normally I’m afraid of adults (despite my having become one), and powerful adults even more so.

Today, as Ever, I’m in the Process of Getting Better

When you feel like someone seems superior to you, you should try applying those standards to someone with different circumstances.