Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings
ADAM JOHNSONI thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea.
More Adam Johnson Quotes
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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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That hungry enough, a person could consume the bright faces of violas, even the stems of dandelions and the bitter hips of roses?
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. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .
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But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can’t live with what they’ve done.
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Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.
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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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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.
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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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I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.
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The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.
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The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.
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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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A good story feels both surprising and inevitable, fresh and familiar.
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Had she never been hungry enough to eat a flower? Did she not know that you could eat daisies, daylilies, pansies, and marigolds?
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