From time to time I look at the picture when I am very sad. I just want to remember my past and that scene made a deep impression on me. Phan Thi Kim Phuc Read Quote
If the picture hadn’t been taken, people wouldn’t know what happened in the war. Phan Thi Kim Phuc Read Quote
I was really embarrassed. And I asked why they took my picture when I was in such agony, and I’m the girl, in the moment that I was naked, burning, hopeless, crying – so ugly. And I asked why they took my picture at that that moment? I didn’t like it at all. Phan Thi Kim Phuc Read Quote
I never thought that the child who was a famous symbol of war would one day be invited to become a symbol of peace. Phan Thi Kim Phuc Read Quote
I was as alone as a person can be. I could not turn to a friend, for nobody wished to befriend me. I was toxic, and everyone knew it. To be near me was to be near hardship. Wise people stayed far away. I was alone, atop a mountain of rage. Why was I made to wear these awful scars? Phan Thi Kim Phuc Read Quote
People ask me a lot, ‘How can you smile all the time?’ I tell them, ‘I was never angry. God created me this way. He created me laughing and smiling.’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc Read Quote
