When I approach a more mature age, I am not going to live in America. Visiting my grandmother, when she was 94, which is a very long life in Cambodia, I saw how important it was that she was in a community with my sisters, brothers and all grandchildren were so involved in her life. I liked that experience so much more than visiting my sister-in-law's grandparents in a nursing home. It's about looking at a community through your window versus being part of a community that's alive, that is youthful and old and hungry and smelly and loud, where everything is vibrant and colorful.
I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it. - Loung Ung
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal. - Loung Ung
I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.
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
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…
In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means. - Loung Ung
In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.
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
Courage is when you dare to be yourself, in whatever ways you want to be - to not be afraid, to just do it.
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
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 …
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