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.

Life brings what it brings. I might be young but I've learnt this: prepare for each blind corner with your strongest shoulder dropped, ready to smash through whatever is thrown at you next. Once the dust clears you will be standing tall, a champion, a victor. NOTHING will be able to knock you down once you've taken the biggest hits this life has to offer, so come on life, BRING IT!

The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.

. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .

In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range

The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.

I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.