“And I came to recognize that, no matter how difficult the reality, you mustn’t let yourself be beaten. You must have a strong will. You have to summon what you know is right from your innermost depths and follow it.”
― A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
― A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
“This was laughable, of course, but that’s always the way with totalitarian regimes. Language gets turned on its head. Serfdom is freedom. Repression is liberation. A police state is a democratic republic. And we were “the masters of our destiny.” And if we begged to differ, we were dead.”
― A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
― A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts. Who was it said that following your heart is a good thing? It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“The holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“it’s possible to miss what you’ve never had, to mourn for it.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
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