Gillian Arnold

“It was an aspiring neighbourhood that retained a faint edge of slum, typical of Shanghai. Pensioners in Mao-era padded jackets would sit on doorsteps playing mah-jong, oblivious to the Prada-clad girls sweeping past on their way to work.”
― Hyeonseo Lee, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“The United Front Department (UFD) is a key section in the Workers’ Party, responsible for inter-Korean espionage, policy-making and diplomacy. Since 1953, Korea has been divided by an armistice line known as the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), held in place by military force on each side. The division of the Korean peninsula is not based on a difference in language, religion or ethnicity, but on a difference in political ideology. The North Korean version of Socialism, founded as it is on the maintenance of absolute institutional unity, regards pluralism and individual determination as its greatest enemy. The Workers’ Party has therefore been active and diligent in psychological warfare operations aimed at Koreans in both the North and the South for over half a century.”
― Jin-sung Jang, Dear Leader: North Korea's senior propagandist exposes shocking truths behind the regime

“A love. This is the person you want to lie down next to at night and wake up with in the morning. This is your special someone who is willing to celebrate you at your best and deal with you at your worst. It’s not about finding someone who is the answer to all your problems. It’s about finding someone who will not let you deal with them alone.”
― Fredrik Eklund, The Sell: The secrets of selling anything to anyone