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“Ich hatte ja nicht geahnt, dass Wissen solche Glücksgefühle auslösen konnte. Als ich klein war, träumte ich davon einen ganzen Haufen Brot essen zu können. Jetzt waren meine Träumer größer geworden.”

Inspirational Attitude

Book:In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“It amazed me how quickly a lie loses its power in the face of truth.”

Inspirational Truth Power Lies

Book:In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“When we connect with others with their humanity, without the filters of race, nationality, gender, religion and so many other artificially constructed division, most of the world’s problem will be resolved. After all, we are all the same humans who have evolved through millions of years of evolution on this earth. All I am doing through my activism is showing the world that how we all share the same humanity regardless of our skin color, nationality or religion. Division only creates more division and inclusion is the only way we can move forward as a civilization. It is time to include North Koreans to join our beautiful and compassionate free world.”

Humanity Compassion Empathy North Korea

Author:Yeonmi Park

“Through helping others, I learned that I had always had compassion in me, although I hadn’t known it and couldn’t express it. I learned that if I could feel for others, I might also begin to feel compassion for myself. I was beginning to heal.”

Compassion Empathy

Book:In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“There were so many desperate people on the street crying for help that you had to shut off your heart or the pain would be too much. After a while, you can´t care anymore. And that is what hell is like.”

Book:In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“I could not feel, smell, see, hear, or taste the world around me. If I had allowed myself to experience these things in all their intensity, I might have lost my mind. If I had allowed myself to cry, I might never have been able to stop. So I survived, but I never felt joy, never felt safe.”

Inspirational Suffering Survival Memoir Woman Activist Survivor Biography

Book:In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“In the North there are no words for things like "shopping malls," "liberty," or even "love," at least as the rest of the world knows it. The only true "love" we can express is worship for the Kims, a dynasty of dictators who have ruled North Korea for three generations. The regime blocks all outside information, all videos and movies, and jams radio signals. There is no World Wide Web and no Wikipedia. The only books are filled with propaganda telling us that we live in the greatest country in the world, even though at least half of North Koreans live in extreme poverty and many are chronically malnourished.”

Dictatorship Dictator North Korea Kim Jong Un Yeonmi Park

Book:In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

“There were so many desperate people on the streets crying for help that you had to shut off your heart or the pain would be too much. After a while you can’t care anymore. And that is what hell is like.”

Yeonmi Park In Order To Live

Book:In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Source: In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom