North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not
easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the
free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that
offers endless possibilities. Choosing where to live, what to do, even
which clothes to put on in the morning is tough enough for those of us
accustomed to making choices; it can be utterly paralyzing for people
who’ve had decisions made for them by the state their entire lives.
- Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
- Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
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