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 child. But as an activist, there's the outward, going wide therapy, where you get to realize at a certain point that talking about yourself gets boring. And it's also unhealthy to be so much into yourself. At some point, you have got to be able to look at the issue and say, "It's not about you. It's about a culture, a people, a nation, a family."
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…
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…
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 …
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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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