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Prayer of Azarias. This prayer had been cut from the Bible. But in the Vulgate, the Greek translation of Daniel, it’s inserted in the third chapter between the twenty-third and twenty-fourth verses. It was Azarias’ prayer while he was
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“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.”
― Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide
― Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide
“not everyone was happy Papa had scraped together savings to build a house “out near the lake,” as her once-friend Rose had put it, as if lake water and comfort were a betrayal. By the time the Klan burned down their unfinished house,”
― The Reformatory
― The Reformatory
“president once remarked after the fall of Saigon that, “History will judge whether we [Americans] could have done better.” Undoubtedly, that judge in history could only wish that more was made today of your selfless charity and lionhearted compassion. And it shall here. Thank you for following your heart and instinct by putting “humanity ahead of politics.” You are legends.”
― Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide
― 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?”
― Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide
― Under the Naga Tail: A True Story of Survival, Bravery, and Escape from the Cambodian Genocide
“Within the next twenty-four hours, eight thousand men, women, and children in the city of Galveston would lose their lives. The city itself would lose its future. Isaac would suffer an unbearable loss. And he would wonder always if some of the blame did not belong to him. This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself.”
― Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
― Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
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