We lie in wait for the right moment and the just cause, which, at this moment, is simply wanting to live.

Viet Thanh Nguyen
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  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.

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

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