Special Prologue To You in Winter
Prologue A letter to you and me, who resemble a crescent moon

1 Moderately cold indifference
Hedgehog · Time to put the mind to sleep · Anxious youth, as much as its infinite possibilities · Island · Discovery · Heavy sense of belonging · Between · Romance · A person who resembles the dawn · Difficult homework · Touching memories · Tropical fish · Inherited seasons · Perfect toast · Abandoned night · The corner of words · Cold moon · Latecomer · The weight of a trophy · Writing in pencil · Affection · An ode to winter · Keongchip (the beginning of spring) · Diving · Candle · Hand · Illusion · Mistake · Wave · Waste of emotions · A waste paper cart and a full set of golf clubs · Butterfly

2 naps
Happiness · A day of pouring wishes · The most special love · What kind of apple · A movie room · Confession · Buses and handshakes · Your language · To a winter lover · Invitation from the moon · Growth · Chocolate fairy · What is your ideal type? · Rainy season · A puppy's love · A cat's love · Your name · Stars · Seasonal change · Didn't you grow up without peeling fruit? · Time and moment · Slow breathing · First love · Spring again · Light · Rainbow · Entering water · Dog's paw · Our youth that must still be hot · The reason I applaud your darkness

3 companions
When I call your name · A luxury I can't give up · Not losing myself · Destination · Conclusion · Farmhouse · I like your taste · Parents' faces · Glasses · 1247-8 · Youth · Obsession with happiness · Purity · To you whose birth was unfair · Thorns · Courage · Cicada sound · Eternity · Fever · Knot · Faith · Dad's bookshelf · Sinking · Starlight · Flight · Umbrella · Period · Moment · Horizon · The end of the sea · Reason · Steam · The bare face of love · Trajectory

4 lukewarm warmth
An unfinished world · When love fades · Grateful days · The world · Apples · A small commotion · Aunt Tteokbokki · The warmth of your fingertips · Sunset · May my unchanged things remain the same forever · Auditory hallucinations · Cherry · The only absence · Shower · Gray · The smell of cigarettes · The sky · Fever reduction · Old things · Digestion · Grandma and fried eggs · Bubble gum · Shrimp · Mackerel stew · Before darkness falls · Us · Reunion · Thoughts · Pebbles · Brushing

5 Hide and Seek
Tag · Soap · Death · The Name of Love · The Landscape of Love · You are my fantasy, you are my reality · Momentary emotions · The talent for falling in love · Differences · Neighbors · Words that cannot be reached · Tokyo · Anxiety · Obsession with relationships · Cross-section of a cactus · Expectation · Snowman · Loneliness · Coco's walk · Parrot · Sympathy · 134340 · Wind · Glass · Floating · Puppy love · Invasion · Dry flowers · Absence · Moth · Before leaving for an adventure

The secret whispering of an untold story
Warm-up · You are you · Hatred · Things that come like an attack · Hobbies and special skills · Beyond your rainbow · Gwanghwamun Sponge House · One step behind · Life · Reading you · Happiness is a sprout · Daffodils · Wrong answer · Onlookers · Dreams · Confession · The future is like yesterday · Hyperbole · Hesitation · Step by step · I don't know you · To the waves · Turning the calendar ·

epilogue A letter from the forgotten moon

I want to keep reading it and keeping it in my heart
Her sentences have captured the hearts of countless people.
Thoughts I had while looking at the moon that constantly waxes and wanes in these imperfect times

"A writer who reads my mind, a book that provides comfort."

There is a book that has become popular among readers through word of mouth in independent publishing.
This is Ha Hyun's "Piece of the Moon."
Author Ha Hyun, who wants to make a living by writing, started posting articles containing her thoughts and daily life on Instagram.
Ha Hyun's simple and emotional writing resonated deeply with many people.
Writer Ha Hyun, who finds the happiest moment writing, mustered up his courage once more.
He published the self-published book “Piece of the Moon” by collecting writings that were loved by many people.
In 2017, the independent publication 『Piece of the Moon』 was renewed to reach more readers and receive much love.
The reason it was so loved by so many is probably because it tells the story of us living in the 'here and now' in a simple yet beautiful way, depicting a harsh and bitter reality while also containing a simple hope within it.


I am less disappointed in people.
Every time I was hurt, big or small, in a relationship, I created a sharp thorn in my side.
Under the pretext of protecting me.
Because I don't want to hurt your feelings.
One day, I suddenly felt cold.
When you no longer expect anything from any relationship.
In the mirror, I was a hedgehog.
Full of thorns, so no one can hug him.
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Our story of how we discovered that becoming the adults we wanted to be was harder than we thought.
“Knowing my own happiness, not the happiness of the world.

“You shouldn’t think of such things as luxuries.”

We who live here now are constantly being forced.
Patience, persistence, and passion.
Giving up became taboo, and failure became a stigma.
So many things have become obligations, and the moment too many things become obligations, they become burdensome.
Dreams, hobbies, and even love.

Sometimes I wish we could hibernate too.
I wish my mind, tired from living through the seasons that have passed, could lie still and sleep soundly without thinking about anything.
Let go of everything: happiness and unhappiness, expectations and disappointments, love and hate.
Then, perhaps, I will be able to welcome spring with a slightly healthier mind.
I might be more numb to the wounds of next season than I am now.
We need time to rest our minds.
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Ha-Hyeon says it's okay not to try too hard to be happy.
But let's try to discover for ourselves what makes us truly happy.
He pats the reader on the shoulder with a small consolation, saying that it is more important to know one's own happiness than the world's happiness.

Don't hand over something really important to someone else so easily.
Things that must be protected until the end.
The things that accumulate to make you the person you are.
Tomorrow and the future, dreams, values, hopes.
In the end, your world.
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Ha-Hyeon, who is captivated by the sight of the moon rising toward its full moon or already waning after its full moon, says that he feels an inexplicable distance from things that lack nothing.
Ha Hyun's delicate and beautiful prose tells our story, all the more beautiful and precious because it's imperfect. Just as one reader said she wept throughout "A Piece of the Moon" because it felt so much like her own story, Ha Hyun's heartfelt writing will offer a sliver of comfort and warmth to your empty heart.

Most people are not accustomed to taking care of themselves.
How am I feeling today? What moments make me happy? Does anything hurt? Did the wound from last time heal well and not get worse?
…I wish I could give myself a little more time to observe someone’s expression and take note of their mood.
…I wish you would ask me, the person who is the closest to me and therefore the one who is the most easily neglected, the person who is so close to me that I sometimes forget about him.
How are you doing today? How are you really doing?
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Ha Hyun's letter to us living in an unfinished world
“I want to tell all the crescent moons in the world.

We, the half-moon, are beautiful enough.

“Don’t try too hard to become a full moon.”

I want to write something that resembles a crescent moon.
Although this is not a well-written piece, if you read it with all your heart, wouldn't we be able to fill in each other's shortcomings and shine brighter than the full moon?
Thoughts I had while looking at the moon that constantly waxes and wanes in these imperfect times.
Those pieces of thought came together to form “Pieces of the Moon.”
I want to tell all the crescent moons in the world.
Don't try too hard to become a full moon.
We, the half-moon, are beautiful enough.
The full moon lasts only one day, the shortest period of time, and then disappears.