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To ensnare an elusive answer, camouflage the question. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

The hardest thing to do in talking to a woman was taking the first step, but the most important thing to do was not to think. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Making a ski resort out of a molehill is wonderful if you're a Smurf. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

You ran away and left us to do the job that you could not do. — Nguyen Van Thieu

Tears wash away the soot of indifference. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Contrary to some perceptions, revolutionary ideology, even in a tropical country, is not hot. It is cold, man-made. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Even secret armies and political fronts needed clerks — Viet Thanh Nguyen

My fighting gospel is T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. I am never without it. — Vo Nguyen Giap

Disarming an idealist was easy. One only needed to ask why the idealist was not on the front line of the particular battle he had chosen. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

By now the only part of me now seating were my eyeballs. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

A little hard work, never hurt anyone. — Mary Sage Nguyen

Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy. — Nguyen Cao Ky

I would have died, before a literary agent ever committed to my book. This is why I chose to empower myself by self publishing. — Mary Sage Nguyen

part spy thriller, part cultural and political reclamation, The Sympathizer — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Unlike many, I was not intent on reproducing myself, deliberately or accidentally, since one of myself was more than enough for me to handle. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Marriage is slavery, I said. And when God made us human - if God exists - He didn't intend for us to be slaves to each other. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

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. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

One man can change the world, look at Adolf Hitler. — Mary Sage Nguyen

I would not be myself without writing. — Mary Sage Nguyen

In a country where possessions counted for everything, we had no belongings except our stories. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

I would rather spend money on something, that fulfills me for eternity. Rather, than something that fulfills me for only an hour or two. — Mary Sage Nguyen

Americans on the average do not trust intellectuals, but they are cowed by power and stunned by celebrity. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

But to a bureaucrat paper was never just paper. Paper was life! — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Her routine was as predictable as the rotation of the earth. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

They were average specimens of national manhood, slim and gaunt with deeply tanned skin from riding in jeeps and on motorcycles. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

The way Americans understand and treat other peoples almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble. — Nguyen Cao Ky

Lovers navigating with different moral compasses causes the relation ship to sail in circles. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

But the United States did not keep its word. Is an American's word reliable these days? — Nguyen Van Thieu

Even if they found themselves in Heaven, our countrymen would find occasion to remark that it was not as warm as Hell. Why's — Viet Thanh Nguyen

I had won the argument, but somehow, as in our college days, he had won the audience. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

The voyage of a lifetime starts at the windowsill. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Always a shy one, he swallowed his pill of Catholicism seriously. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Why age chronologically when you can age in reverse order? — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Remember, you're not half of anything, you're twice of everything. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

If you lend the present,
it will never be returned. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Death would hurt only for a moment, which was not so bad when one considered how much, and for how long, life hurt. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Easier to get a gun here than to vote or drive. You — Viet Thanh Nguyen

The tastiest berries are often hidden.
Do not despair if you haven't found true love.
Look under the leaves and branches of convention. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

If you follow a recipe for life, spontaneity will be cooked. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Prune the ill branches so that a tree grows.
Prune the dilapidated buildings so that a city flourishes. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

To enter your true self,
check your ego at the door. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Behind every face lies a mask. Behind it lies another onion layer of mask. If you peel the skins, you may cry. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

The truth is inelastic.
A lie is infinitely elastic. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other. — Nguyen Cao Ky

Peppering your relationship with a dash of mystery can make it far more palatable. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

A slogan is just an empty suit, she said. Anyone can wear it. I — Viet Thanh Nguyen

If you lock the door on sorrow,
how will it leave your heart? — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Abled does not mean enabled.
Disabled does not mean less abled. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

I try to keep the image darling its all about green being the new black. — Justin Nguyen

A person's strength was always his weakness, and vice versa. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

The problem is that those who insist on their innocence believe anything they do is just. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Excessive gentrification destroys the biodiversity and ecosystem of a community. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Exaggeration is the kissing cousin of both truth and lie. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Let's just hope history forgets the snafus. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Having rebound sex to cure a heartbreak is like drinking alcohol to cure a hangover. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

By now the only part of me not sweating were my eyeballs... An X-ray of my skull would have shown a hamster running furiously in an exercise wheel... — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Nguyen was a war hawk. The kind of adolescent boy who still thought any problem could be solved by shooting it enough. — James S.A. Corey

By the mid-sixties, the United States had poured more than half a million troops into South Vietnam. — Nguyen Cao Ky

I often have discussions with people who demand pluralism and much more. One can discuss these issues, but only within the framework of the law. — Nguyen Minh Triet

This was the problem with a walk down memory lane. It was almost always foggy, and one was likely to trip and fall. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Roll in the snow.
Shower in the rain.
Bask in the sun.
Weatherproof your soul. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Perfection can hide a lot of warts. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Identical twins do not possess identical souls. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Anyone can take a false step And fall forever, Everyone is different. Where are they now, all those lost souls? — Nguyen Du

I was finally left with nothing but myself and my thoughts, devious cabdrivers that took me where I did not want to go. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Did we salivate for sadness, or had we only learned to enjoy what we were forced to eat? — Viet Thanh Nguyen

The day I get my license will be the day you get run over by a car — Anh Nguyen

You Call This One And It's All Over, Baby! — Scotty Nguyen

Writing makes it easier to cope with life. — Mary Sage Nguyen

Stats don't measure an athlete's hunger. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

The beer had the color and taste of baby's pee, but we followed our usual routine and drank with joyless discipline until we both passed out. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Monoculture is mono for the earth. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Because I grew up trapped in the suburbs 8 miles outside of D.C. and I've never seen what people who live in D.C. look like. — Thao Nguyen

Telling what must not be told is one of the writer's primary tasks. It is also a difficult and dangerous one. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Passion without perseverance
is fire without fuel. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Quoting Nguyen Du - Talent and destiny are apt to feud. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Shed the tears.
Shed the blame and guilt too.
So that your heart mends and heals. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Freedom can be an acquired taste for those who have never savored it. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Do precedes done.
No precedes none. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

I wanted to wrap her in my arms and brush my eyelashes against hers in butterfly kisses. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Start a rumor about
peace taking over,
love being the new black,
and compassion going viral. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

That is what revolutionaries do. We sacrifice ourselves to save others. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

If nostalgia holds you hostage,
the ransom is the present. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

She cursed me at such length and with such inventiveness I had to check both my watch and my dictionary. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

no one asks poor people if they want war. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

If the Americans do not want to support us anymore, let them go, get out! Let them forget their humanitarian promises! — Nguyen Van Thieu

When you eat too much chocolate, you get sick of it.
When you drink too much champagne, you get sick of it.
Gorge yourself on fear. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Wars never die, I said. They just go to sleep. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

The greatest mistake is in not being aware that others are Christ. There are very many people who will not discover it until their last day. — Nguyen Van Thuan

An undaunted author, is the one who will succeed. There is no misfortune, that can dim their optimism. — Mary Sage Nguyen

Setting sail using different moral compasses causes a relationship to go in circles. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

If you fatally kill fate,
your life sentence will be
to steer the reins of choice. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

There is always something. That is confession's nature. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

To feel common after a common cold is quite uncommon. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

For her, he swallowed the black tea of exile. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

At the blind date,
deafen your ears
to hear the words
spoken with her eyes. — Khang Kijarro Nguyen

I am the best person in the universe. — Kendrick Nguyen

Corruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue. — Nguyen Tan Dung

Some people behind leave a legacy, some leave behind children. Which would you prefer? — Mary Sage Nguyen

Ho, or Nguyen Ai Quoc, thus became the first Vietnamese communist and a founding member of the French Communist party, born out of the split. — Wilfred Burchett