“I was scarcely aware of the angry hands scratching and pulling at me from all directions. Instead, I closed my eyes and wished silently for death to free me.” — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“In all of my years doing this job, I have never given the drug to anyone over three months pregnant; not once, because everybody listens to me, except you.” — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“Instead of relishing life, people merely existed. Such was the case with my family.” — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“I don't have anything to give you, except to show you a way to better yourself.” — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“If you want to ever achieve happiness, don't dwell on the past. Instead, start living. What is the point of obsessing over something that… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“No longer did she look like a shy little maid who was trained to censor her thought before it reached her mouth. These past… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“Don't let this anger ruin your life any more than it already has. If you want to every achieve happiness, don't dwell on the… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“I was scarcely aware of the angry hands scratching and pulling at me from all directions. Instead, I closed my eyes and wished silently… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“Lying half-asleep in his embrace, I looked up and saw on his face the same expression I saw on countless lonely faces every day.… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“I can't go to America. I don't want to go to any foreign land where I don't speak the language or know the customs.… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
“Hit me again, and I'll report you to the authorities. Follow me to my bed one more time, and I swear to the gods,… — Kien Nguyen Copy Share Image
