Viet Thanh Nguyen
"Not to own the means of production can lead to premature death, but not to own the means of representation is also a kind of death. For if we are represented by others, might they not, one day, hose our deaths off memory's laminated floor?"
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"Not to own the means of production can lead to premature death, but not to own the means of representation is also a kind of death. For if we are represented by others, might they not, one day, hose our deaths off memory's laminated floor?"
Viet Thanh Nguyen
"No one asks poor people if they want war. Nor had anyone asked these poor people if they wanted to die of thirst and exposure on the coastal sea, or if they wanted to be robbed and raped by their own soldiers."
Viet Thanh Nguyen
"All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory."
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
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