I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it.

- Loung Ung

Choosing happiness is a scary thing. Choosing love is a scary thing. When I was in the war, not only did I not have a voice, but I had to make myself…

- Loung Ung

To all the survivors out there, I want them to know that we are stronger and more resilient than we ever knew. We survived, that should be enough but…

- Loung Ung

As I tell people about genocide, I get the opportunity to redeem myself. I’ve had the chance to do something that’s worth me being alive... The more …

- Loung Ung

In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.

- Loung Ung

I have my writing therapy. For me, writing and friends therapy is an internal journey where you go in deep, you reflect, you try to heal your inner c…

- Loung Ung

When I arrived in America, though I had left the war physically far behind, in my mind, the soldiers were still chasing to kill me, my stomach was al…

- Loung Ung

Courage is when you dare to be yourself, in whatever ways you want to be - to not be afraid, to just do it.

- Loung Ung

I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.

- Loung Ung