Penni

“How can foreign strangers love us like this? I wondered, touched by their affection. In this way our arrival in America was warm, amid the loving protection of total strangers.”
― Mae Bunseng Taing, Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide

“The impact was so powerful, I finally understood why my father feared this story would overwhelm me. It forced me to question whether I could finish documenting his journey. Was the nightmare some sort of a warning over my own mental state? What would happen if the nightmare returned? How many could I endure and still stay on the project?”
― Mae Bunseng Taing, Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide

“When you stop making yourself wrong for how you’re feeling, you’ll immediately feel better.”
― Mel Robbins, The High 5 Habit: Take Control of Your Life with One Simple Habit

“I’d hauled barrels of water from the creek to sell for twenty cents a ladle,”
― Laura Vogt, In the Great Quiet