The Fifth Mountain 중에서

pp. 84~85
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Even so, she would go on loving him, because for the first time in her life, she knew freedom. She could love him, even if he never knew; she did not need his permission to miss him, to think of him every moment of the day, to await him for the evening meal, and to worry about the plots that people could be weaving against the foreigner.
This was freedon: to feel what the heart desired, with no thought to the opinion of the rest. She had fought with her neighbors and her friends about the stranger's presence in her house; there was no need to fight against herself.
Elijah drank a bit of wine, excused himself, and went to his room. She went out, rejoiced at the sight of her sonplaying in front of the house, and decided to take a short walk.
She was free, for love liberates.
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그녀의 마음이 이해가 간다. 나 또한 이런 경험을 해 보았으므로, 하지만 이제는 더이상 이런 사랑을 하고 싶지 않다.

pp.179~180
"It's not a question of hope in the future. It's a question of re-creating your own past."
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If you have a past that dissatisfies you, forget it now." he went on. "Imagine a new story of your life, and believe in it. Concentrate only on those moments in which you achived what you desired, and this strength will help you to accomplish what you want."
그렇다. 지금은 나의 과거를 만들어 가는 순간이다. 행복한 기억으로 가득차고 뭔가 성취한 과거를 만들자. 지금부터.