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Barbara Demick quotes: punishment was withholding food. Starvation was the way the regime preferred to eliminate its opponents. It

punishment was withholding food. Starvation was the way the regime preferred to eliminate its opponents. It

Barbara Demick quotes: He was polite, respectful, not daring even to hold Mi-ran's hand until they'd been dating for three years.

He was polite, respectful, not daring even to hold Mi-ran's hand until they'd been dating for three years.

Barbara Demick quotes: Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.

Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.

Barbara Demick quotes: I agree with Kathi Zellweger that sanctions mostly punish the ordinary people who live at the edge of starvation.

I agree with Kathi Zellweger that sanctions mostly punish the ordinary people who live at the edge of starvation.

Barbara Demick quotes: People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.

People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.

Barbara Demick quotes: North Korea remains the last bastion of undiluted communism in the world.

North Korea remains the last bastion of undiluted communism in the world.

Barbara Demick quotes: There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.

There was the natural human survival instinct to be optimistic.

Barbara Demick quotes: The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.

The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.

Barbara Demick quotes: In 1991, few North Koreans had ever used a telephone. You had to go to a post office to make a phone call.

In 1991, few North Koreans had ever used a telephone. You had to go to a post office to make a phone call.

Barbara Demick quotes: Liberty and love These two I must have. For my love I'll sacrifice My life. For liberty I'll sacrifice My love.

Liberty and love These two I must have. For my love I'll sacrifice My life. For liberty I'll sacrifice My love.

Barbara Demick quotes: The strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely.

The strength of the regime came from its ability to isolate its own citizens completely.

Barbara Demick quotes: Listening to South Korean television was like looking in the mirror for the first time in your life and realizing you were unattractive.

Listening to South Korean television was like looking in the mirror for the first time in your life and realizing you were unattractive.

Barbara Demick quotes: Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.

Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.

Barbara Demick quotes: As her students were dying, she was supposed to teach them that they were blessed to be North Korean.

As her students were dying, she was supposed to teach them that they were blessed to be North Korean.

Barbara Demick quotes: In the 1990s, the United States offered to help North Korea with its energy needs if it gave up its nuclear weapons programme.

In the 1990s, the United States offered to help North Korea with its energy needs if it gave up its nuclear weapons programme.

Barbara Demick quotes: Often children came in with minor colds or coughs or diarrhea and then suddenly, they were dead.

Often children came in with minor colds or coughs or diarrhea and then suddenly, they were dead.

Barbara Demick quotes: By the mid-1990s, nearly everything in North Korea was worn out, broken, malfunctioning. The country had seen better days.

By the mid-1990s, nearly everything in North Korea was worn out, broken, malfunctioning. The country had seen better days.

Barbara Demick quotes: But now she couldn't deny what was staring her plainly in the face: dogs in China ate better than doctors in North Korea.

But now she couldn't deny what was staring her plainly in the face: dogs in China ate better than doctors in North Korea.

Barbara Demick quotes: We joked that unrequited, or in this case unconsummated, love affairs are the only ones that last forever.

We joked that unrequited, or in this case unconsummated, love affairs are the only ones that last forever.

Barbara Demick quotes: The more there was to complain about, the more important it was to ensure that nobody did.

The more there was to complain about, the more important it was to ensure that nobody did.

Barbara Demick quotes: (The North Korean army had to lower its height requirement from five feet three in the early 1990s because of the stunting of the younger generation.)

(The North Korean army had to lower its height requirement from five feet three in the early 1990s because of the stunting of the younger generation.)

Barbara Demick quotes: As a reader, I've always been interested in dystopian novels like 'Nineteen Eighty-four'.

As a reader, I've always been interested in dystopian novels like 'Nineteen Eighty-four'.

Barbara Demick quotes: He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn't matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch.

He would wait hours for her, maybe two or three. It didn't matter. The cadence of life is slower in North Korea. Nobody owned a watch.

Barbara Demick quotes: At first, they would walk in silence, then their voices

At first, they would walk in silence, then their voices

Barbara Demick quotes: Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.

Kim Jong Un came in as a fresh face, so I think there's a great disappointment that he's playing the same game as his father.

Barbara Demick quotes: The anti-Japanese resistance was as familiar a theme in North Korean cinema as cowboys and Indians was in early Hollywood.

The anti-Japanese resistance was as familiar a theme in North Korean cinema as cowboys and Indians was in early Hollywood.

Barbara Demick quotes: Anybody with a functioning brain cannot not know that something is wrong.

Anybody with a functioning brain cannot not know that something is wrong.

Barbara Demick quotes: Charity begins with a full stomach," the North Koreans like to say; you can't feed somebody else's kids if your own are starving. When

Charity begins with a full stomach," the North Koreans like to say; you can't feed somebody else's kids if your own are starving. When

Barbara Demick quotes: The Uighurs are a Turkic people more closely related to Uzbeks and Kazakhs than to Chinese.

The Uighurs are a Turkic people more closely related to Uzbeks and Kazakhs than to Chinese.

Barbara Demick quotes: In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

Barbara Demick quotes: In North Korea, you don't own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there.

In North Korea, you don't own your own home; you are merely awarded the right to live there.

Barbara Demick quotes: Emotions somehow meant more when they were handwritten on precious scraps of paper and conveyed on slow trains running out of fuel.

Emotions somehow meant more when they were handwritten on precious scraps of paper and conveyed on slow trains running out of fuel.

Barbara Demick quotes: North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet.

North Korea is probably the only country in the world deliberately kept out of the Internet.

Barbara Demick quotes: One death is a tragedy; a thousand is a statistic.

One death is a tragedy; a thousand is a statistic.

Barbara Demick quotes: Kim Jong-un's style is more suggestive of Saddam Hussein or his murderous son, Uday Hussein.

Kim Jong-un's style is more suggestive of Saddam Hussein or his murderous son, Uday Hussein.

Barbara Demick quotes: North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.

North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.

Barbara Demick quotes: For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.

For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.