dialogue prompts from we do not part by han kang.

life is exceedingly vulnerable.

when did everything begin to fall apart? where was the fork in the road?

there are people who brandish their sharpest weapon as they are taking their leave.

i'm leaving you so i can breathe. i want to live.

it's only your anxiety talking.

can you come right away?

honestly, i'd rather give up.

i only have myself to think about now.

how are you doing for money?

the monotony is what worries me.

i'll carry on, in any case.

why did you have to be so headstrong?

i shouldn't have roped you in.

i always felt like there was no one else in the world but the two of us.

i felt like if i didn't leave, that rage would kill me.

i try not to think about it, but it keeps coming back.

i need to find a lantern and a hand shovel.

you know the saying: 'a good appetite, a long life.'

have as much as you want. there's plenty more.

it can be difficult to distinguish forbearance from resignation.

you still have a choice.

nothing hurts anymore.

the dark is pretty much all i remember.

is this a dream?

why are the lights off?

i thought about you so much, some days it felt like you were here with me.

how are you able to manage by yourself?

how long have you felt that way?

it was a different time then. you had to do as you were told.

dreams are terrifying things.

dreams are humiliating. they reveal things about you that you weren't even aware of.

what a strange night this is.

it's not true that you have no one left. you have me.

should we head to my room?

there were things i left out of the story. things i misunderstood, too.

let's stay here. they'll be fine without us.

you're going to live a good, long life.

i used to think my mom was the weakest person i knew.

you're stronger than i thought.

it's not far from here.

do we have much longer to go?

do you want to go back?

where would i even go?

i used to come here with _____.

love is a terrible agony.

nothing one human being did to another could ever shock me again.

you actually came.

could someone be listening to our conversation?

is someone really here with me?

i really shouldn't fall asleep here.

let me rest my eyes for just a bit.