Scheduler: I don’t know what it is, but I think I died with something sincerely important left to do. That’s why I volunteered. If I finish my five-year term without incident, I can do that thing. That’s the reason why I live as a scheduler.

"Please tell JiHyun, when she wakes up later, to tell me again what she wishes to say now. And also, not to leave without saying goodbye. Not to leave the way my mother did"

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—Han Kang to JiHyun (who was using  Yi Kyung’s body at the time)