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> [“At the gates, prickly rolls of barbed wire sagged with middle-aged disappointment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/at-the-gates-prickly-rolls-of-barbed-wire-sagged-with-middle-aged/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

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## More by Viet Thanh Nguyen

> [“He had a Minnesotan’s admiration for resourcefulness in the face of hardship, bred by generations of people one very bad winter away from starvation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/he-had-a-minnesotan-s-admiration-for-resourcefulness-in-the-face-of/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“When was the last time an American president found it worth his while to write a speech on the importance of art and literature?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/when-was-the-last-time-an-american-president-found-it-worth-his-while/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“We don't succeed or fail because of fortune or luck. We succeed because we understand the way the world works and what we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/we-don-t-succeed-or-fail-because-of-fortune-or-luck-we-succeed/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“Innocence and guilt. These are cosmic issues. We’re all innocent on one level and guilty on another. Isn’t that what Original Sin is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/innocence-and-guilt-these-are-cosmic-issues-we-re-all-innocent-on-one/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“After all, nothing was more American than wielding a gun and committing oneself to die for freedom and independence, unless it was wielding that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/after-all-nothing-was-more-american-than-wielding-a-gun-and/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“She wondered what, if anything, she knew about love. Not much, perhaps, but enough to know that what she would do for him now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/she-wondered-what-if-anything-she-knew-about-love-not-much-perhaps/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“One could choose between innocence and experience, but one could not have both.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/one-could-choose-between-innocence-and-experience-but-one-could-not/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“then, to present myself as just another immigrant, glad to be in the land where the pursuit of happiness was guaranteed in writing, which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/then-to-present-myself-as-just-another-immigrant-glad-to-be-in-the/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“He was more embarrassed and discreet about sex than about things I thought more difficult, like killing people, which pretty much defined the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/he-was-more-embarrassed-and-discreet-about-sex-than-about-things-i/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“Perhaps forgiveness is overrated,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/perhaps-forgiveness-is-overrated/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/while-it-is-better-to-be-loved-than-hated-it-is-also-far-better-to-be/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“Every full bottle of alcohol has a message in it, a surprise that one will not discover until one drinks it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/every-full-bottle-of-alcohol-has-a-message-in-it-a-surprise-that-one/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“We shared a passion for words, but I preferred the silence of writing while she loved to talk. She”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/we-shared-a-passion-for-words-but-i-preferred-the-silence-of-writing/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“Are you going to be the kind of person who always pays the asking price?” my mother demanded. “Or the kind who fights to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/are-you-going-to-be-the-kind-of-person-who-always-pays-the-asking/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

> [“Even if they found themselves in Heaven, our countrymen would find occasion to remark that it was not as warm as Hell.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viet-thanh-nguyen/even-if-they-found-themselves-in-heaven-our-countrymen-would-find/)

[Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viet-thanh-nguyen/)

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