All the human actions we think of as essential to a character – had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
ADAM JOHNSONAll the lessons you need to learn in life, he said, will be taught to you by your enemy.
More Adam Johnson Quotes
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Where we are from… [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro.
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I’d known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn’t be possible, since it’s illegal for them to speak with foreigners.
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Today, tomorrow,” she said. “A day is nothing. A day is just a match you strike after the ten thousand matches before it have gone out.
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“A name isn’t a person.” Ga said. “Don’t ever remember someone by their name.
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Sometimes in life, things happen that will knock you back. Hell, you may get beaten to your knees but you must never ALLOW this world to knock you down!
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The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.
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I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn’t speak for themselves.
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Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.
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Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings
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A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar.
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The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.
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To keep someone alive, you put them inside you, you put their face on your heart. Then, no matter where you are, they’re always with you because they’re a part of you.”
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What’s less romantic than staring alone at a blank screen? And edgy? I’ve changed the cat little because I didn’t know what my characters were going to say next.
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Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years.
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Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again!
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