Hyeonseo Lee

Quotes

• “In her world, the law was upside down. People had to break the law to live. The prohibition on drug-dealing, a serious c...”
• “I wanted to belong, like everyone else around me did, but there was no country I could say was mine. I had no one to tel...”
• “My closest friend at this time was my tiny pet dog - it was one of the cute little breeds that people in other countries...”
• “I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it ...”
• “This is when I understood that we can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do with...”
• “Leaving North Korea is not like leaving any other country. It is more like leaving another universe. I will never truly ...”
• “He’d valued his dignity more than his own life.”