Tears of Blood Quotes

“Many of the POWs who make it home still suffer from depression. They feel guilty for leaving their wives and children in North Korea and have difficulty getting along with people in the South because of such pain.”
― Young-Bok Yoo, Tears of Blood: A Korean POW's Fight for Freedom, Family, and Justice

“This young woman had done for me what my country could not do—free me from North Korea.”
― Young-Bok Yoo, Tears of Blood: A Korean POW's Fight for Freedom, Family, and Justice

“All the POWs worked hard for their captors, the North Koreans. We had been told that if we worked hard, we would be treated fairly. Instead, we were exploited.”
― Young-Bok Yoo, Tears of Blood: A Korean POW's Fight for Freedom, Family, and Justice

“This was the bruising pain known only to separated families.”
― Young-Bok Yoo, Tears of Blood: A Korean POW's Fight for Freedom, Family, and Justice