--- title: "1 Celebrating Birthday Quotes By Loung Ung" description: "1 Celebrating Birthday quotes by Loung Ung. Plus more from Loung Ung and more Celebrating Birthday sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/loung-ung-28003_birthday_i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebr_1401844.png" --- > [I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebrating-with-birthday-cakes-i/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/loung-ung-28003_birthday_i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebr_1401844.png) ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/when-i-arrived-in-america-though-i-had-left-the-war-physically-far/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [When I approach a more mature age, I am not going to live in America. Visiting my grandmother, when she was 94, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/when-i-approach-a-more-mature-age-i-am-not-going-to-live-in-america/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [“On previous trips the pirates have stolen valuables, killed people, raped and abducted girls...the women work frantically to ugly themselves up by smearing black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/on-previous-trips-the-pirates-have-stolen-valuables-killed-people/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/to-all-the-survivors-out-there-i-want-them-to-know-that-we-are/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [From 1975 to 1979 - through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor - the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated two million Cambodians, almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/from-1975-to-1979-through-execution-starvation-disease-and-forced/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [“Living life to the fullest involves living it with your family.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/living-life-to-the-fullest-involves-living-it-with-your-family/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [“This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/this-is-what-the-war-has-done-to-me-now-i-want-to-destroy-because-of/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [“I have to go to the toilet,” I tell Ma urgently after dinner. “You have to go in the woods.” “But where?” “Anywhere you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/i-have-to-go-to-the-toilet-i-tell-ma-urgently-after-dinner-you-have/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [For me, choosing happiness has to be something that's conscious, a choice, something I act on. And I think this is something really difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/for-me-choosing-happiness-has-to-be-something-that-s-conscious-a/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebrating-with-birthday-cakes-i/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [In America there's a saying that children should be seen and not heard, .. In Cambodia, children should not be seen nor heard because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/in-america-there-s-a-saying-that-children-should-be-seen-and-not/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [I think living in the West, we live in a culture where everybody strives for perfection, whether it's in body, health, spirit, skin, hair,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/i-think-living-in-the-west-we-live-in-a-culture-where-everybody/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) > [I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/i-think-how-the-world-is-still-somehow-beautiful-even-when-i-feel-no/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/i-have-my-writing-therapy-for-me-writing-and-friends-therapy-is-an/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/courage-is-when-you-dare-to-be-yourself-in-whatever-ways-you-want-to/) [Loung Ung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loung-ung/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celebrating-birthday/loung-ung/#itemlist", "name": "1 Celebrating Birthday Quotes By Loung Ung", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Loung Ung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loung-ung/i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebrating-with-birthday-cakes-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/loung-ung-28003_birthday_i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebr_1401844.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/loung-ung-28003_birthday_i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebr_1401844.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/loung-ung-28003_birthday_i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebr_1401844.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.” — Loung Ung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celebrating-birthday/loung-ung/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celebrating-birthday/loung-ung/", "name": "Celebrating Birthday Quotes by Loung Ung", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celebrating-birthday/loung-ung/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/loung-ung-28003_birthday_i-am-six-years-old-and-instead-of-celebr_1401844.png" }, "description": "1 Celebrating Birthday quotes by Loung Ung. 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