Nansook Hong > Quotes

“My chair was empty, as if I had just stepped away from the table and the True Family expected me to return at any moment.”
― Nansook Hong, In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family

“No one had really won. Not me. Not Hyo Jin. Not our children. Only Sun Myung Moon had gotten what he wanted all along. My children and I had slipped out of the grasp of the Unification Church, but we were destined to remain in the shadow of the Moons.”
― Nansook Hong, In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family

“I admit to some cynicism these days about organized religion. Those who see dangers only in ‘cults’ ignore how fine the line is between the religious mainstream and the religious extreme. What really distinguishes those who believe that Sun Myung Moon is the Messiah from those who believe that the pope is infallible? What religion does not claim that it alone knows the best path to Heaven? Many faiths demand some suspension of critical thinking. The difference, of course, is that legitimate religions encourage believers to come freely to belief. There are no deceptive recruitment practices, no economic exploitation, no forced isolation from the rest of the world.”
― Nansook Hong, In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family