In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom, by Yeonmi Park

“We tell stories in order to live” (pg 5).

“The green forest flutters in our land and mountains, and I didn’t plant even one tree . . .” (pg 106).

“I was starting to realize that you can’t really grow and learn unless you have a language to grow within . . . reading was teaching me what it meant to be alive, to be human” (pg 230).

“You can’t tell how smart a child is until he grows up” (pg 232).

“She had always told me that to be happy, you must give to others, no matter how poor you are . . . my life to this point had been very selfish” ( pg 247).


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