Silence Quote 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…

— 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?…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“One could choose between innocence and experience, but one could not have both.”

— 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,…

— 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…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“Perhaps forgiveness is overrated,”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“While it is better to be loved than hated, it is also far better to be hated than ignored”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“Every full bottle of alcohol has a message in it, a surprise that one will not discover until one drinks it.”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen