--- title: "1 Hands together Quotes By Yeonmi Park" description: "1 Hands together quotes by Yeonmi Park. Plus more from Yeonmi Park and more Hands together sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/yeonmi-park-32948_hands-together_then-he-sent-us-on-our-way-after-we-had_3092083.jpg" --- > [“Then he sent us on our way. After we had walked a few steps, my mother and I looked back and saw that he had dropped to his knees on the frozen ground. He had clutched his hands together and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/then-he-sent-us-on-our-way-after-we-had-walked-a-few-steps-my-mother/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/yeonmi-park-32948_hands-together_then-he-sent-us-on-our-way-after-we-had_3092083.jpg) ## More by Yeonmi Park > [“For instance, we were always making mistakes with the unfamiliar products around us, and one time my mother squirted my perfume into her mouth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/for-instance-we-were-always-making-mistakes-with-the-unfamiliar/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“Still, I learned something important from my short time as a market vendor: once you start trading for yourself, you start thinking for yourself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/still-i-learned-something-important-from-my-short-time-as-a-market/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“I could not feel, smell, see, hear, or taste the world around me. If I had allowed myself to experience these things in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/i-could-not-feel-smell-see-hear-or-taste-the-world-around-me-if-i-had/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“Despite all evidence to the contrary, I believed in a benevolent power guiding the universe, a loving force that somehow nudged us in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/despite-all-evidence-to-the-contrary-i-believed-in-a-benevolent-power/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“More important, while these students were in school, I was learning from life. And so I have something to offer that they do not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/more-important-while-these-students-were-in-school-i-was-learning/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“I learned something else that day: we all have our own deserts. They may not be the same as my desert, but we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/i-learned-something-else-that-day-we-all-have-our-own-deserts-they/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“There were so many desperate people on the street crying for help that you had to shut off your heart or the pain would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/there-were-so-many-desperate-people-on-the-street-crying-for-help/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“The doctors in Songnam-ri had to be farmers, too. They cultivated medicinal plants, and actually grew their own cotton to have a supply of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/the-doctors-in-songnam-ri-had-to-be-farmers-too-they-cultivated/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“These men were so handsome and spoke with such beautiful accents, like the South Koreans I had watched on pirated videos, that my mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/these-men-were-so-handsome-and-spoke-with-such-beautiful-accents-like/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“I understand that sometimes the only way we can survive our own memories is to shape them into a story that makes sense out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/i-understand-that-sometimes-the-only-way-we-can-survive-our-own/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“Even in big city hospitals there is no such thing as “disposable” supplies. Bandages are washed and reused. Nurses go from room to room…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/even-in-big-city-hospitals-there-is-no-such-thing-as-disposable/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“...we all have our own deserts. Thet may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/we-all-have-our-own-deserts-thet-may-not-be-the-same-as-my-desert-but/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“Along my journey I have seen the horrors that humans can inflict on one another, but I've also witnessed acts of tenderness and kindness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/along-my-journey-i-have-seen-the-horrors-that-humans-can-inflict-on/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) > [“Then he sent us on our way. After we had walked a few steps, my mother and I looked back and saw that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/then-he-sent-us-on-our-way-after-we-had-walked-a-few-steps-my-mother/) [Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hands-together/yeonmi-park/#itemlist", "name": "1 Hands together Quotes By Yeonmi Park", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Then he sent us on our way. After we had walked a few steps, my mother and I looked back and saw that he had dropped to his knees on the frozen ground. He had clutched his hands together and was lifting them toward the sky. I wondered: Why does this person, who doesn’t even speak our language, care so much about us that he is willing to risk his life for us? It moved us both to tears. 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