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"[After her plastic surgery; narration] I've become pretty. The difference is really amazing. But the thing is, it's a bit obvious that I got plastic surgery. I'd say...79% out of 100?"
"[Mi-rae meets Hyun Soo-a for the first time and she does a face-scoring on her; narration] 100 points over 100! A super-rare natural beauty. She really is divinely beautiful. The subtle scent of soap that smells like baby powder ... this can't be from perfume. She's pretty and cute. All guys will fall in love with her. Why is my heart fluttering for a girl?"
"[her peers wildly applaud her after her dance number; narration] I wanted to show everyone. Like everyone else, I wanted to be loved. I wanted to be loved in an ordinary way."
"[to her abusive senior Chan-woo, after being tagged by him as a "Gangnam plastic surgery monster"] What gives you the right to curse at me? What did I do wrong? WHAT DID I DO WRONG?!"
"[to Chan-woo, who is venting his anger against Mi-rae to the entire chemistry freshmen] What did I do wrong? AND WHAT DID THESE GUYS DO WRONG?!"
"[to Kyung-seok] I hate myself for being like this, too ... judging people by their looks and labelling them. People like you who are considered cool even when they don't follow the rules would'nt understand a life like mine."
"[to her middle school crush-turned-bully, Young-chul, who tagged her as "Kang Orc"] That's right. I realized after I changed that you were nothing. You have't changed a bit. You still look down on people and harass them based on their appearance. Remember this every time you think of the name Kang Orc: to me, you're just a piece of trash."
"[to Soo-a, when Soo-a finally reveals her true self] I thought I was mistaken and that I was at fault for judging you in a bad way, but I wasn't. You have hated me from the beginning."
"[to CEO Na Hye-sung, Kyung-seok's mother; after hearing another derisive comment from a fellow part-time worker] I thought I'd be okay if I thought I was. I guess I wasn't okay..."
"[to Kyung-seok, when she rejects his advances even though she likes him] You think I'm obsessed with appearances, but you don't know how hard it has been for me. When I'm with you ... my life becomes a torture."
"[to Soo-a, who denied Mi-rae's help despite the intense fear she felt after being acid-terrorized by their deluded classmate Dong-won] Why does it have to be this way? Why in the world do we have to be like this? We lose weight when we aren't even fat, we throw up, and do plastic surgeries as if we'll die if we don't become pretty!"
"[after letting his senior Chan-woo trip over his foot] Oh, my bad."
"[to Mi-rae, upon returning her pomelo-scented perfume] Are you really not the Kang Mi-rae from Jaryong Middle School? The bus stop ... pomelo..."
"[to Mi-rae, when she does not sense Soo-a's innuendo against her looks] Are you stupid? What a fool..."
"[to Mi-rae] Are you grading other people's faces? It sounds like what needed surgery is your unhealthy mindset."
"[to Mi-rae] By the way ... do people think I'm cool? Who said that?"
"[to Mi-rae] In middle school, I only remember laughing once ... and it was because of you."
"[to Mi-rae] Who cares about attractivenes? I don't care about things like beauty."
"[to Mi-rae] I'm not an outcast anymore because I have a friend now. I have you."
"[to Soo-a] You really are the worst."
"[during Woo-young's housewarming party, trying to impress Mi-rae while the discussion was about strategies to save money] I got a 1+1 ("buy one, take one") deal at a convenience store. I bought one item and got another for free."
"[to Soo-a] Looks don't get the work done."
"[to Soo-a, angry for her desperate hugging in front of Mi-rae] You must be mentally ill."
"[to his mother, CEO Na Hye-sung] It didn't feel real, but now I feel like I really have a mother."
"[to Mi-rae, about buying couple hoodies; last line of the series] Who cares? Do everything you want to do."
"[pretending she can't see in Mi-rae's face that she had plastic surgery to discreetly insult her] Mi-rae is prettier, both her face and body ... Mi-rae did not get anything fixed either."
"[to Mi-rae] The truth is, I was a little prejudiced about plastic surgery. "Do they want to be prettier that badly? Isn't it just vanity?" But I understand now that some people are really desperate, that some appearances are painful to have."
"[to herself, wondering why Kyung-seok is close to Mi-rae] Why? It's so weird. Why?"
"[to Mi-rae] I think it's a blessing to be pretty, don't you think? People naturally like you. That must be why those who aren't blessed get plastic surgeries to enjoy that kind of benefit, harming the ones who were born pretty."
"[to Kyung-seok; while hugging Kyung-seok in her desperate attempt to make him like her] Do you still not feel anything? ... Did you really feel nothing?"
"They should get their eyes checked. [referring to their chemistry peers who are delighted on the news of Mi-rae and Kyung-seok's relationship]"
"[to Mi-rae] You must think you're at a higher level now that you're dating Do Kyung-seok."
"[to Mi-rae, denying her help despite being acid-terrorized by Dong-won] Why do you keep acting like your above me? Why do you keep acting like you're happier than me? You aren't even prettier than me!"
"[to Kyung-seok, after realizing her mistakes] I tried something I had never done, and everything else became easy."
"[to Chan-woo, after learning about Chan-woo abusing Mi-rae and the freshmen] Hey, Kim Chan-woo. Regardless of the reason, if you bother freshmen once again, I'm going to do my best to ruin your future. You got that?"
"[to Mi-rae, when she was about to touch a broken Erlenmeyer flask] How many times do I have to tell you to be careful?"
"[to Mi-rae, about her plastic surgery] What's wrong with that? You did it to become pretty, and now you're pretty. What's weird about that?"
"[to Mi-rae, during his confession] There are many other things that you don't know. I don't like samgyeopsal, I get cold very easily, I hate studying, and I like you."
"Im Soo-hyang - Kang Mi-rae"
"Cha Eun-woo - Do Kyung-seok"
"Jo Woo-ri - Hyun Soo-a"
"Kwak Dong-yeon - Yeon Woo-young"
"Woo Hyun - Kang Tae-sik"
"Kim Sun-hwa - Na Eun-sim"
"Lee Tae-sun - Woo-jin"
"Park Yoo-na - Yoo Eun"
"Jung Seung-hye - Choi Jung-boon"
"Jung Hye-rin - Lee Ji-hyo"
"Kim Do-yeon - Jang Won-ho"
"Kim Eun-soo - Kim Sung-woon"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.