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Dr. Kim couldn't remember the last time she'd seen a bowl of pure white rice. What was a bowl of rice doing there, just — Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
[I]n a place with absolutely no private or personal life, with the incessant worship of a mediocre career-sadist as the — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Logic is not a sure enough defense against moral bankruptcy. — Mark Sappenfield
But as I began to write this book, I realised that without the whole truth my life would have no power, no real meaning. — Yeonmi Park
Felix Abt prefers to stay apolitical and impartial when sharing his thoughts and memories of the seven-year sojourn. Fro — Leonid Petrov Korea expert lecturer in Korean Studies The University of Sydney
Just finished [Capitalist in North Korea]—fascinating! What an experience. Wow. — Justin Rohrlich Emmy Award Winner Head Writer Minyanville's World In Review
Abt Draws from a trove of personal experience to create a vivid account of the people and place. Along the way, Abt addr — Jeff Baron
[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. — Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son
I bout a bag of tortilla chips that was almost as big as me. And I bought some work clothes and a pair of Adidas that I — Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Leaving North Korea is not like leaving any other country. It is more like leaving another universe. I will never truly — Hyeonseo Lee
[I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, t — Christopher Hitchens
If you think that American Capitalism is the most dangerous Institution in the World, it just goes to show, that you hav — James Hauenstein
I once believed man was different from other animals, but Yodok showed me that reality doesn't support this opinion. In — Kang Chol-Hwan, The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
Whoever is planning a nuclear war or seriously thinking about using nuclear weapons must directly be taken to a mental h — Mehmet Murat ildan
Tech-savvy types had figured out how to get around the system. With radios it was easy—open up the set, cut the conveyor — Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Her younger son, twenty, was assigned to a factory that made railroad equipment, but since it provided no salary he was — Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
North Korea remains the last bastion of undiluted communism in the world. — Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Up until that moment, a part of her had hoped that China would be just as poor as North Korea. She still wanted to belie — Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
A North Korean soldier would later recall a buddy who had been given an American-made nail clipper and was showing it of — Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn’t matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody — Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea