6 Quotes by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

What my uncle said made me think. I had resented America, too. But by reading their books, I saw the other side of them--their humanity. Somehow I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth.

History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better.

Shadows of villages that bordered the horizon looked like women whose backs were bent with the burdens of life. My mother had had to bear hers, and it was now my turn.

Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again.

As long as I have my voice, I am still alive.

Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us.