--- title: "1 Korean Defectors Quotes By Barbara Demick" description: "1 Korean Defectors quotes by Barbara Demick. Plus more from Barbara Demick and more Korean Defectors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/barbara-demick-25048_choices_north-korean-defectors-often-find-it-har_2350225.png" --- > [North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that offers endless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/north-korean-defectors-often-find-it-hard-to-settle-down-it-is-not/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/barbara-demick-25048_choices_north-korean-defectors-often-find-it-har_2350225.png) ## Other authors on Korean Defectors ## More by Barbara Demick > [There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/there-was-the-natural-human-survival-instinct-to-be-optimistic/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [A North Korean soldier would later recall a buddy who had been given an American-made nail clipper and was showing it off to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/a-north-korean-soldier-would-later-recall-a-buddy-who-had-been-given/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“While the Chinese Red Guard also rooted out “capitalist roaders” during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, it resulted in a chaotic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/while-the-chinese-red-guard-also-rooted-out-capitalist-roaders-during/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“Chang-bo took to his bed, or rather to the quilts on the floor that was all they had left. His legs swelled up like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/chang-bo-took-to-his-bed-or-rather-to-the-quilts-on-the-floor-that/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“He was polite, respectful, not daring even to hold Mi-ran’s hand until they’d been dating for three years.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/he-was-polite-respectful-not-daring-even-to-hold-mi-ran-s-hand-until/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“As she sat alone in the apartment, the enormity of it all started to sink in. Any hope that the North Korean regime might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/as-she-sat-alone-in-the-apartment-the-enormity-of-it-all-started-to/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“The more there was to complain about, the more important it was to ensure that nobody did.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/the-more-there-was-to-complain-about-the-more-important-it-was-to/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“It is axiomatic that one death is a tragedy, a thousand is a statistic. So it was for Mi-ran. What she didn't realize is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/it-is-axiomatic-that-one-death-is-a-tragedy-a-thousand-is-a-statistic/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“Kim Il-sung had promised North Koreans three bowls of rice every day. Rice, especially white rice, was a luxury in North Korea. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/kim-il-sung-had-promised-north-koreans-three-bowls-of-rice-every-day/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“Chinese Red Guard also rooted out “capitalist roaders” during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, it resulted in a chaotic reign of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/chinese-red-guard-also-rooted-out-capitalist-roaders-during-the/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“It is worth noting here how extraordinary it was for anyone to be homeless in North Korea. This was, after all, the country that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/it-is-worth-noting-here-how-extraordinary-it-was-for-anyone-to-be/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“Supervisors routinely fabricated statistics on agricultural production and industrial output because they were so fearful of telling their own bosses the truth. Lies were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/supervisors-routinely-fabricated-statistics-on-agricultural/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“This is not the sort of thing that shows up in satellite photographs. Whether in CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, or in the East…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/this-is-not-the-sort-of-thing-that-shows-up-in-satellite-photographs/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [“If North Koreans paused to contemplate the obvious inconsistencies and lies in what they were told, they would find themselves in a dangerous place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/if-north-koreans-paused-to-contemplate-the-obvious-inconsistencies/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) > [North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-demick/north-korean-defectors-often-find-it-hard-to-settle-down-it-is-not/) [Barbara Demick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-demick/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/korean-defectors/barbara-demick/#itemlist", "name": "1 Korean Defectors Quotes By Barbara Demick", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that offers endless possibilities. 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