In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means. — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
When I arrived in America, though I had left the war physically far behind, in my mind, the soldiers were still chasing to kill… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
When I approach a more mature age, I am not going to live in America. Visiting my grandmother, when she was 94, which is… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
“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… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
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 it isn't. We must work hard to become whole again, to fill our soul with love and inspiration, to live the life that was intended for us before it was disrupted… — Loung Ung Copy Share
From 1975 to 1979 - through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor - the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated two million Cambodians, almost… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
“This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
“I have to go to the toilet,” I tell Ma urgently after dinner. “You have to go in the woods.” “But where?” “Anywhere you can find. Wait, I’ll get you some toilet paper.” Ma goes away and comes back with a bunch of paper sheets in her hand. My eyes widen in disbelief, “Ma! It’s money. I can’t use money!”… — Loung Ung Copy Share
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… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal. — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
In America there's a saying that children should be seen and not heard, .. In Cambodia, children should not be seen nor heard because… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
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,… — Loung Ung Copy Share Image
