"Families are truly strange; love is laced with a dull, numbing pain. I hate your feudal, stubborn mindset, yet my heart aches when I see you rushing about, exhausted. I don't know whether I should really blame you, or blame myself, or who on earth I am supposed to blame.
And so, afterward, I am left to guiltily blame myself. But looking at your bloodshot eyes, your new wrinkles, the white hairs at your temples, my resentment suddenly vanishes, and those very sights pierce my heart over and over again.
I hate your stubborn conservatism, yet my heart aches for all the hardships and weathering you have endured over so many years. I always talk back to you, yet in the dead of night, I secretly resolve to make lots and lots of money so I can lavish it on you.
There are two of me in this world: one wants to go home, and the other wants to travel far away."
"You start with only a single expectation when the child is still in your womb: that they will be healthy."
"Getting your head smashed open in a work-related accident outside and smiling to say it's nothing, then coming home and screaming the moment you see some spoiled greens."
Chapter 456