- “There’s no romance if things heat up too quickly. Turn on the heat and carefully bring the water to a boil. I believe in the importance of taking time.” “Like an onggi?” “Like love.” “In my twenties, I hope too much for things to heat up quickly. But now, I want to focus on warm and subtle things. Slowly and for a long time.” - “I think this is our problem. We pass things off on each other, make excuses, and shift the blame. We don’t say what we need to say, so we go around in circles and end up fighting, like last time.” - “No matter how carefully I shape the clay, no one knows how it’ll come out from the fire. Will it become a perfectly formed vessel? Or will it crack and shatter to pieces? You won’t know until it goes into the kiln.”
- “In the past, I thought studying was your favourite thing to do. But I was wrong. You just liked the praise and attention that came from studying well.” - “All I know how to do is just make tteokbokki. If I can’t even do that, then what does that make me? Well? What can I contribute to this family? There’s nothing else in my life.” - “I have no right to be a father, do I? Gosh, I have a beautiful daughter, but I’ve never bought you a nice outfit. I couldn’t even send you any allowance when you were studying overseas. And I’m still causing you to worry over money.” “How can you place value on that with money? It should be with love. What about me? I’m unemployed. I don’t have the right to be your daughter?”
- “There’s no romance if things heat up too quickly. Turn on the heat and carefully bring the water to a boil. I believe in the importance of taking time.” “Like an onggi?” “Like love.” “In my twenties, I hope too much for things to heat up quickly. But now, I want to focus on warm and subtle things. Slowly and for a long time.”
- “I think this is our problem. We pass things off on each other, make excuses, and shift the blame. We don’t say what we need to say, so we go around in circles and end up fighting, like last time.”
- “No matter how carefully I shape the clay, no one knows how it’ll come out from the fire. Will it become a perfectly formed vessel? Or will it crack and shatter to pieces? You won’t know until it goes into the kiln.”
- “In the past, I thought studying was your favourite thing to do. But I was wrong. You just liked the praise and attention that came from studying well.”
- “All I know how to do is just make tteokbokki. If I can’t even do that, then what does that make me? Well? What can I contribute to this family? There’s nothing else in my life.”
- “I have no right to be a father, do I? Gosh, I have a beautiful daughter, but I’ve never bought you a nice outfit. I couldn’t even send you any allowance when you were studying overseas. And I’m still causing you to worry over money.” “How can you place value on that with money? It should be with love. What about me? I’m unemployed. I don’t have the right to be your daughter?”