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> [“This was the first time I had ever known that North Korea has gay people. I am embarrassed to admit that I had thought of homosexuality purely as a foreign phenomenon, or a plotline in TV dramas. One woman in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/this-was-the-first-time-i-had-ever-known-that-north-korea-has-gay/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

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## More by Hyeonseo Lee

> [“The strength of my parents’ feelings for each other, however, was a worry to my grandmother. She warned them that if a couple loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/the-strength-of-my-parents-feelings-for-each-other-however-was-a/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“He’d valued his dignity more than his own life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/he-d-valued-his-dignity-more-than-his-own-life/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“It was the dilemma all three of us had. Every choice we made cut us off permanently from someone we loved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/it-was-the-dilemma-all-three-of-us-had-every-choice-we-made-cut-us/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“This was the first time I had ever known that North Korea has gay people. I am embarrassed to admit that I had thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/this-was-the-first-time-i-had-ever-known-that-north-korea-has-gay/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“There was just one problem, however, and it was a major one. I wasn’t choosing any of this. It was all happening to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/there-was-just-one-problem-however-and-it-was-a-major-one-i-wasn-t/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“Most of the brokers who help defectors are human traffickers. They help women escape, not men. They’re paid to bring us to China either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/most-of-the-brokers-who-help-defectors-are-human-traffickers-they/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“I had to learn Mandarin. And I had the best teacher – necessity. You can study a language for years at school, but nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/i-had-to-learn-mandarin-and-i-had-the-best-teacher-necessity-you-can/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“In her world, the law was upside down. People had to break the law to live. The prohibition on drug-dealing, a serious crime in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/in-her-world-the-law-was-upside-down-people-had-to-break-the-law-to/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“I’ll do whatever it takes. Humans are selfish and care only for themselves and their families. Am I any different?… Not only did I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/i-ll-do-whatever-it-takes-humans-are-selfish-and-care-only-for/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“Not only did I believe that humans were selfish and base, I also knew that plenty of them were actually bad – content to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/not-only-did-i-believe-that-humans-were-selfish-and-base-i-also-knew/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“Sixty thousand yuan – a fortune representing ten years’ wages at the restaurant – and a week’s imprisonment with the threat of rape, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/sixty-thousand-yuan-a-fortune-representing-ten-years-wages-at-the/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“Every so often the authorities registered voters in order to find out who was missing and why. I had turned eighteen and was old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/every-so-often-the-authorities-registered-voters-in-order-to-find-out/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“At the end of that first year at secondary school the ceremonies held on the anniversary of the Korean War affected me deeply and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/at-the-end-of-that-first-year-at-secondary-school-the-ceremonies-held/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“Afterwards, wedding photographs were taken, as was customary, at the feet of the great bronze statue of Kim Il-sung on Mansu Hill. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/afterwards-wedding-photographs-were-taken-as-was-customary-at-the/)

[Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/)

> [“It’s funny how the final straw is invariably a trivial incident.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/it-s-funny-how-the-final-straw-is-invariably-a-trivial-incident/)

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