Hyeonseo Lee said this quote

This is when I understood that we can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do without other people, and we will never do without family.

~ Hyeonseo Lee

Leaving North Korea is not like leaving any other country. It is more like leaving another universe. I will never truly be free of its gravity, no matter how far I journey.

~ Hyeonseo Lee

I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it as a challenge to find a new path on the road less traveled.

~ Hyeonseo Lee

In her world, the law was upside down. People had to break the law to live. The prohibition on drug-dealing, a serious crime in most countries, is not viewed in the same way – as protective of society – by North Koreans. It is viewed as a risk, like unauthorized parking. If you can get away with it, where’s the harm?

~ Hyeonseo Lee