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

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In North Korea, you need three permits to live in Pyongyang, especially if you are a girl: one to prove your loyalty to the Kim family, one to show you don't have any relatives who have defected to South Korea, and another to prove you have a 'pure' lineage.Yeonmi Park

I was not dreaming of freedom when I escaped from North Korea. I was not dreaming of South Korea or even of the United States. I was dreaming of bread.Yeonmi Park

People in North Korea, they know they have been fooled by the regime. They don't believe in the regime, but they are scared.Yeonmi Park

I also remember overhearing my parents talk about men who found fortunes in the middle of the night. These were people who claimed that a mountain god or a river god had come to them in a dream and told them where to find a rare ginseng root, a bag of gold coins, or some other treasure.Yeonmi Park

I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.Yeonmi Park

I want people to know how little we knew and understand about the outside world. We knew nothing.Yeonmi Park

I must keep telling my story so people will know. I want to be the noise that keeps people awake, the noise that keeps people from complacency.Yeonmi Park

We all have our own deserts. They may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find a purpose in life and be free.Yeonmi Park

The most powerful weapon in the world, as far as I'm concerned, is the camera.Yeonmi Park

I hope my memoir, 'In Order to Live', will inspire people to live in freedom.Yeonmi Park