"I admitted that I did not understand life. What I meant was that I am bewildered by human hearts and motivations, including my own."

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I'm more interested in the psychic intricacies that they build up and try to run away from, and how they self-construct. A lot of my work is about self-construction. Here, it's those folks who are deeply wounded and bewildered. They're not just victims of trauma; they've been shaken so forcefully that they don't quite know how or where to stand.

— Chang-Rae Lee