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“For him, poetry was the language of the soul. Writers could hide their feelings behind fiction, but had to bare their soul to poetry.”

Heart Soul Poetry

Book:Dust Child

Source: Dust Child

“Words are like water: once they have escaped one’s mouth, they’re spilled onto the floor. Words are like knives, leaving invisible wounds that continue to bleed.”

Water Blood Hatred Words Harm Wounds Knives Bleeding

Book:The Mountains Sing

Source: The Mountains Sing

“Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again.”

Vietnamese Literature

Book:The Mountains Sing

Source: The Mountains Sing

“Burning books was an incomprehensible act, and most people who didn't even read would fight for the right to open any book they chose. Those in power fear free minds, and nothing unlocked thinking like literature.”

Vietnamese Literature

Book:Dust Child

Source: Dust Child

“With the fire of war burning, it needed more men as firewood.”

War Vietnamese Literature Dust Child

Book:Dust Child

Source: Dust Child

“She had tried to live an honest life, but the war had given her no choice. It had forced her to make up a version of herself which was acceptable to others. In a way, making up stories had been the basis of her survival and her success.”

Vietnam War Vietnamese Literature

Book:Dust Child

Source: Dust Child

“When you depart from your first anchor - your mother's womb - you will be pulled away by unexpected currents. If you can fill your boat with enough hope, enough self-belief, enough compassion, and enough curiosity, you will be ready to weather the storms of life.”

Vietnamese Literature Dust Child

Book:Dust Child

Source: Dust Child

“Everyone came from dust and would one day return to dust. Life is transitory, after all.”

Life Vietnamese Literature Dust Child

Book:Dust Child

Source: Dust Child

“During the Vietnam War, tens of children were born into relationships between American soldiers and Vietnamese women. Tragic circumstances separated most of these Amerasian children from their fathers and, later their mothers. Many have not found each other again.”

Vietnamese Literature Dust Child

Book:Dust Child

Source: Dust Child

“Shadows of villages that bordered the horizon looked like women whose backs were bent with the burdens of life. My mother had had to bear hers, and it was now my turn.”

Vietnamese Literature

Book:The Mountains Sing

Source: The Mountains Sing

“As long as I have my voice, I am still alive.”

Vietnamese Women

Book:The Mountains Sing

Source: The Mountains Sing

“Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us.”

Vietnamese Authors

Book:The Mountains Sing

Source: The Mountains Sing