Satish

“You don't choose to be born. You just are. And your birth is your destiny, some say. I say the hell with that. [...] Sometimes in life, you have to grab your so-called destiny by the throat and wring its neck”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

“It is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of the life it purloined.”
― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

“You don't choose to be born. You just are. And your birth is your destiny, some say. I say the hell with that. And I should know. I was born not just once but five times. And five times I learned the same lesson. Sometimes in life, you have to grab your so-called destiny by the throat and wring its neck.”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

“Someone once said, “If a crying baby could tear down the universe, it would.” That’s how I felt that day. I wanted to demolish the whole universe, but the sad truth was, it had already come crashing down around my head.”
― Masaji Ishikawa, A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea