"The Vegetarian" Quotes

I'm becoming a plant. I want to plant myself in one place and not move. I want my roots to grow, and my breath to slow, and my heart to beat low.

I dream of halting the world, finding a point in space, time, and clinging to it.

She had never lived. Even as a child, as far back as she could remember, she had done nothing but endure.

It's your body. You can do whatever you want with it.

From here on out her life would be lived in the hush of her husband's consulting room.

Life lies a slow fire beneath, searing and scorching her mind without respite.

Maybe this is how all the doors work. Maybe that's why there are so many of them.

I'm not one of your fans, Yeong-hye. Stop the melodrama and have some pork.

Let's not give ourselves false hope, or chase after dreams that can never be fulfilled.

The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise.