I don't think anyone should have power over me, or have the right to tell me what to say or how to… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
Kim Il Sung prepared Kim Jong Il for decades to be his successor and made it very clear from the beginning, 'This… — Park Yeon-mi Beginning Copy Share Image
I wasn't dreaming of freedom when I escaped from North Korea... I was willing to risk my life for the promise of… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
I came to South Korea with a feeling of deep kinship, but people here perceive me only as a talbukja, someone of… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
In North Korea the math book says, you know, there are four American bastards. You kill two of them. Then how many… — Park Yeon-mi Copy Share Image
I thought Kim Jong Il was a god who could read my mind. I thought his spirit never dies, and I never… — Park Yeon-mi God Copy Share Image
Going to Columbia, the first thing I learned was 'safe space.' Every problem, they explained us, is because of white men. — Park Yeon-mi Men Copy Share Image
My father died without knowing even this kind of democracy exists in the world. He didn't even know this much food was… — Park Yeon-mi Democracy Copy Share Image
I had to look for food all the time. I had to catch dragonflies, grasshoppers, and that was the only source of… — Park Yeon-mi Food Copy Share Image
I surrendered all my privacy to write this book. It was so hard and so painful. I went through so much crazy… — Park Yeon-mi Book Copy Share Image
If there is no word that means you don't have the concept. In North Korea they eliminate the words: depression, stress, dictatorship,… — Park Yeon-mi Brainwashing Copy Share Image
I have visited slums in Mumbai, I have visited slums in other countries, but nothing is like North Korea because North Korean… — Park Yeon-mi Country Copy Share Image
When I was in South Korea, the books that I read about Americans were actually Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama. If this… — Park Yeon-mi Billionaires Copy Share Image
I think my father would have become a millionaire if he had grown up in South Korea or the United States... Almost… — Park Yeon-mi Business Copy Share Image
There is a holocaust going on in my country, the world needs to acknowledge that and do something to help the people… — Park Yeon-mi Country Copy Share Image
Family are everything; everyone understands the strength of family. For me, they were the reason that I managed to get by while… — Park Yeon-mi Family Copy Share Image
I literally crossed through the middle of the Gobi Desert to be free. But what I did was nothing, so many people… — Park Yeon-mi Desert Copy Share Image
I was living in the border area with China, in Hyesan City. But after my father was imprisoned for informal trading, I… — Park Yeon-mi Border Copy Share Image
I couldn't imagine that I'd ever see men as normal people and I could never trust them. I couldn't bear any human… — Park Yeon-mi Connection Copy Share Image
I thought North Koreans were the only people who hated Americans, but turns out there are a lot of people hating this… — Park Yeon-mi Country Copy Share Image
North Korea was pretty insane. Like the first thing my mom taught me was don't even whisper, the birds and mice could… — Park Yeon-mi Body Copy Share Image
North Korea is a religion. We are told that Kim is a god and that he knows what you are thinking and… — Park Yeon-mi Country Copy Share Image
Reading 'Animal Farm' set me free from the dictatorship in my head. I could see all the tactics used by the regime… — Park Yeon-mi Animal Copy Share Image
