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“We all have our own deserts. They may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find a purpose in life and be free.”
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
“I was beginning to realize that all the food in the world, and all the running shoes, could not make me happy. The material things were worthless. I had lost my family. I wasn’t loved, I wasn’t free, and I wasn’t safe. I was alive, but everything that made life worth living was gone.”
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
“when you have more words to describe the world, you increase your ability to think complex thoughts.”
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
“A second chance? I thought. A second chance is what criminals get. I knew I wasn’t a criminal; I did what I had to do to survive and save my family.”
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
“There were so many desperate people on the streets crying for help that you had to shut off your heart or the pain would be too much. After a while you don't care anymore. And that is what hell is like.”
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
― In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
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