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“Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.”
― Edward R. Murrow

“What am I dying for? he cried back. I'm dying because this world I'm living in isn't worth dying for! If something is worth dying for, then you've got a reason to live.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen

“The American soldiers were brave, but courage is not enough. David did not kill Goliath just because he was brave. He looked up at Goliath and realized that if he fought Goliath’s way with a sword, Goliath would kill him. But if he picked up a rock and put it in his sling, he could hit Goliath in the head and knock Goliath down and kill him. David used his mind when he fought Goliath. So did we Vietnamese when we had to fight the Americans.”
― Vo Nguyen Giap

“Có những cái sai không th�� sửa được. Chắp vá gượng ép ch�� càng làm sai thêm. Ch�� có cách là đừng bao gi�� sai nữa, hoặc phải bù lại bằng một việc đúng khác.”
― Lưu Quang Vũ, Hồn Trương Ba, da hàng thịt: tuyển kịch

“You haven't lived a full life until you have been in a very tough situation when you thought you were going to die. War does that to you.”
― William E. Peterson

“It was over 50 years ago that I had the privilege of being the Class Advisor to the class of 1969 at what was then called Henry Abbott Regional Vocational Technical School. It was another era and a time when we as a nation stood tall.
It was the year when Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins lifted off from Cape Kennedy, for the first manned landing on the Moon. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.�� It was a time when we felt proud to be Americans!
Fifty years ago the 4 Beatles got together in a recording studio for the last time, where they cut “Abbey Road.�� In 1969 alone they published 13 songs including “Yellow Submarine.�� John Lennon claimed that the best song he ever did was “Come Together�� and that was in 1969.
Although it wasn’t possible for me to attend the class reunion I did however connect with them by telephone and a speaker system. I had the opportunity to wish them well and share some thoughts with my former students who are now looking forward to their senior years that I always thought of as “The Youth of Old Age.�� Having just celebrated my 85th birthday, 69 years old does seem quite youthful in comparison.
Earlier in the week Dave Coelho, the class Vice President read to me the list of graduates that are no longer with us. I was stunned by the number, but at the time the United States was at war, regardless of what it was called. In 1968, the year before the class graduated, our country had a peak of 549,000 of our young people serving in Viet Nam. During the year of the Tet Offensive alone, 543 were killed and 2547 were wounded, and that is what the class of 1969 faced upon their graduation! It was a war in which 57,939 of our young people were killed or went missing!
It was nice to talk to the class president LaBarbera and I enjoyed the feeling of guilt when one former student told me that he still has a problem with addition. To this I gladly accepted the blame but reminded him that this would not be of much help, if he had to face the IRS when his taxes didn’t compute. Look for part 2, the conclusion”
― Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba

“I told them I failed my draft physical. My dad, who often dismissively uttered the words "I can't wait 'til the army gets ahold of you," sat at the kitchen table, flicked the ash off of his cigarette, took a puff, slowly let the smoke escape from his lips and mumbled, "That's good.”
― Bruce Springsteen

“Sát bên b�� của dải đất l�� dốc đứng bên này, một đám đông khách đợi đò đứng nhìn sang. Người đi b��, người dắt xe đạp. Một vài tốp đàn bà đi ch�� v�� đang ngồi kháo chuyện hoặc x�� tóc ra bắt chấy. Nhĩ nhìn mãi đám khách nhưng vẫn không tìm thấy cái mũ cói rộng vành và chiếc sơ mi màu trứng sáo đâu c��.

Thì ra thằng con trai của anh ch�� mới đi được đến hàng cây bằng lăng bên kia đường. Thằng bé vẫn cắp cuốn sách bên nách đang sà vào một đám người chơi phá c�� th�� trên hè ph��. Suốt đời Nhĩ cũng đã từng chơi phá c�� th�� trên nhiều hè ph��, thật là không dứt ra được. Không khéo rồi thằng con trai anh lại tr�� mất chuyến đò trong ngày, Nhĩ nghĩ một cách buồn bã, con người ta trên đường đời thật khó tránh được những cái điều vòng vèo hoặc chùng chình, v�� lại nó đã thấy có gì đáng hấp dẫn �� bên kia sông đâu? Họa chăng ch�� có anh đã từng trải, đã từng in gót chân khắp mọi chân trời xa l�� mới nhìn thấy hết s�� giàu có lẫn mọi v�� đẹp của một cái bãi bồi sông Hồng ngay b�� bên kia, c�� trong những nét tiêu sơ, và cái điều riêng anh khám phá thấy giống như một niềm mê say pha lẫn với nỗi ân hận đau đớn, lời l�� không bao gi�� giải thích hết.”
― Nguyễn Minh Châu, Nguyễn Minh Châu Truyện ngắn