A review by megsk
The White Book by Han Kang

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

this is just a collection of my favourite quotes :D

Each moment is a leap forwards from the brink of an invisible cliff [...] Now in this moment, I feel that vertiginous thrill course through me. As I step recklessly into time I have not yet lived, into this book I have not yet written.

[...] the fact that our lives are no more than brief instants is felt with unequivocal clarity. 
Each wave becomes dazzlingly white at the momentof its shattering. Further out, the tranquil body of water flashes like the scales of an innumerable fish. The gilittering of multitudes is there. The shifting, stirring, tossing of multitudes. Nothing is eternal.

Sand
And she frequently forgot,
That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand.
That it had shattered and is shattering still.
Slipping stubbornly through fingers.

My life means yours is impossible.
Only in the gap between darkness and light, only in that blue-tinged breach, do we manage to make out each other's faces.