It was as excruciating as if her limb was sawed off alive. She also got acute stomachache feeling her navel string was being burnt every time Mia left. - P30
Now the wounds had become half-healed, still open, but had a sort of scaffolding around them. - P30
The dynamic of their discussion could never be on equal ground as Jane lost her language. ‘Good for marital peace,’ Jane murmured to herself because she soon lost the will to speak. Just too humiliating that he even criticized her pronunciation when they were in the heat of their emotions. - P31
‘Stop fussing about Mia and live your life!’ That was the advice from her friends Su-kyoung and Sunny. They were good friends of hers, here in the Netherlands, whom Jane met a few years ago after her divorce. - P31
Not that Jane wanted to, but the world seemed to have become more violent and crazier. - P35
Those men actively looked for a relationship with Asian women because they had fantasies or fetishes about them. They seemed to imagine Jane being shy and passive in bed, a kitten-like Femme Fatale, or both. This observation came to Jane from listening to them, not sharing the bed with them, though. - P36
Before David, Jane had had only Korean boyfriends. As caring as they were, they wanted to design Jane’s life. They tried to adjust Jane’s studies and then her career to fit in with theirs. They urged Jane to join their family as if she had to leave her own. Jane was too young and ambitious and loved herself too much, so she chose to be free. - P37
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