Quotes Baek Se Hee Penulis I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokpokki

1. I wonder about others like me, who seem totally fine on the outside but are rotting on the inside, where the rot is this vague state of being not-fine and not-devastated at the same time

   (Aku sering bertanya-tanya tentang orang lain yang sepertiku yang tampak baik-baik saja dari luar, tapi membusuk perlahan di dalam, di mana kebusukan itu adalah perasaan samar antara tidak-baik-baik-saja dan tidak-hancur sepenuhnya pada saat yang sama).

2. Books never tire of me. And in time they present a solution, quietly waiting until I am fully healed

   (Buku-buku tak pernah bosan denganku. Dan seiring waktu, mereka menawarkan solusi, diam-diam menunggu sampai aku benar-benar pulih)

3. When you're having a hard time, it's natural to feel like you're having the hardest time in the world. And it's not selfish to feel that way

   (Saat kamu melalui masa sulit, wajar jika merasa seperti kamulah orang yang paling menderita di dunia. Dan itu bukan hal egois untuk merasa begitu)

4. I believe that the more I look into this strange being, myself, the more routes I will find to happiness

   (Aku percaya, semakin dalam aku mengenal makhluk aneh bernama diriku sendiri, semakin banyak jalan yang akan kutemukan menuju kebahagiaan)

5. I am someone who is completely unique in this world

   (Aku adalah seseorang yang sepenuhnya unik di dunia ini)

6. You keep obsessively holding yourself to these idealised standards, forcing yourself to fit them

   (Kamu terus-menerus memaksa dirimu mengikuti standar ideal yang kamu ciptakan sendiri, berusaha mati-matian untuk pas di dalamnya)

7. In effect, it's your thoughts that are torturing you

   (Pada dasarnya, pikiranmulah yang menyiksamu)

8. I want to love and be loved. Without suspicion, and with ease

   (Aku ingin mencintai dan dicintai. Tanpa curiga, dan dengan penuh ketulusan)

9. I hope you will listen to a certain overlooked and different voice within you

   (Aku harap kamu mau mendengarkan suara yang berbeda yang sering diabaikan di dalam dirimu sendiri)

10. Because the human heart, even when it wants to die, quite often wants at the same time to eat some tteokbokki, too

    (Sebab hati manusia, bahkan ketika ingin mati, sering kali pada saat yang sama juga masih ingin makan tteokbokki).

1. I used to love being alone

   (Dulu aku sangat menyukai kesendirian)

2. I want to love and be loved

   (Aku ingin mencintai dan dicintai)

3. I wan to find a way where I don't hurt myself

   (Aku ingin menemukan cara agar tidak terus menyakiti diriku sendiri)

4. I want to live a life where I say things are good more than things are bad

   (Aku ingin menjalani hidup di mana aku lebih sering berkata semuanya baik-baik saja daripada semuanya buruk)

5. I want to keep failing and discovering new and better directions

   (Aku ingin terus gagal dan menemukan arah baru yang lebih baik)

6. If twenty-year-old me met me today, she would cry with joy. And that's enough for me

   (Jika aku yang berusia dua puluh tahun bertemu dengan diriku hari ini, dia pasti akan menangis bahagia. Dan itu sudah cukup bagiku)

7. To right every wrong you come across in the world would be an impossible endeavor for any one person

   (Menyelesaikan semua ketidakadilan di dunia ini adalah hal yang mustahil dilakukan oleh satu orang saja)

8. You're just one person, and you're putting too much of the weight of the world on yourself

   (Kamu hanyalah satu orang, dan kamu terlalu banyak memikul beban dunia di pundakmu)

9. Looking deep within myself is always difficult. Especially when I’m in the throes of negative emotion

   (Kamu hanyalah satu orang, dan kamu terlalu banyak memikul beban dunia di pundakmu)

10. To me, sadness is the path of least resistance, the most familiar and close-at-hand emotion I have

    (Bagiku, kesedihan adalah jalan yang paling mudah ditempuh—emosi yang paling akrab dan paling dekat denganku)

1. It’s impossible to fathom the sadness of those who are left behind, but if life gives one more suffering than death, shouldn’t we respect their right to end life?

2. What matters isn't what people say but what you like and find joy in

3. I hope you focus less on how you look to other people and more on fulfilling your true desires

4. To tell the truth, no one was looking down on me except myself

5. But again, you can enjoy the freedom of your own thoughts. Instead of thinking, 'I must not have these thoughts

6. I often look for books that are like medicine, that fit my situation and my thoughts, and I read them over and over again until the pages are tattered, underlining everything and still the book will have something to give me

7. Your self-esteem determines how you feel about the sincerity of others

8. I feel too young to have seen the life and death of a living sentient being

9. Your self-esteem determines how you feel about the sincerity of others

10. Because it begins with me and ends with everyone

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