Eric Nguyen > Quotes

“If war had taught her one thing, it was that ideology—how you believed the world should be, what you would die to uphold—was always flawed, and though innocent on its own, it could lead to tragedy.”
― Eric Nguyen, Things We Lost to the Water

“In America, Ben felt like a foreigner, too, but in a different way, He couldn't have explained it. In New Orleans, he couldn't have explained how he and his family got there. There was a boat, a wind led them this way, and, like pilgrims, they settled. Here, in Paris, there was some choice in the matter.”
― Eric Nguyen, Things We Lost to the Water

“That’s what it came down to when it came to raising children: their happiness.”
― Eric Nguyen, Things We Lost to the Water

“He thought about how the stars, too, were once used to tell the future, like the words to a story written in dots, holding everyone's fate. How he wanted to run his fingers across those stars and read what they said, every single word, every piece of light.”
― Eric Nguyen, Things We Lost to the Water