Some animals could see in the dark, but it was only humans who deliberately sought out every possible route into the darkness of our own interiors.

Viet Thanh Nguyen
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More Quotes By Viet Thanh Nguyen
  1. As Hegel said, tragedy was not the conflict between right and wrong but right and right, a dilemma none of us who wanted to participate in history could escape. The major had the right to live, and I was right to kill him. Wasn't I?

  2. I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many.

  3. This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.

  4. No one asks poor people if they want war.

  5. All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.

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