Their stories remain a haunting study in the allure and dangers of absolute faith.Barbara Demick
They crash-landed into modern times, and the psychological toll of this car crash is extraordinary.Barbara Demick
In North Korea, it was the state, not the parents, that was ultimately responsible for the children.Barbara Demick
In North Korea, you need a certificate to buy a radio and you are required to register it.Barbara Demick
There you feel your insignificance as an individual.Barbara Demick
For North Koreans, the questions about support were more concrete – could you feed your family?Barbara Demick
Political power grows from the barrel of a gun.Referenced by Barbara Demick
Unused muscles atrophy; the mind is no different.Barbara Demick
The stretch of coastline was so well illuminated that it could be seen from space.Barbara Demick
The country was designed to be sealed tight.Barbara Demick
Humor and humility were survival mechanisms.Barbara Demick
There was very little to occupy her time, and the fear was overwhelming.Barbara Demick
North Korea was a joke, its leadership a punch line, among the communist cognoscenti.Barbara Demick
Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.Referenced by Barbara Demick
People didn’t understand why they were suffering so much when their country was supposed to be the best place in the world.Barbara Demick