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Top 15 Loung Ung Quotes (2025 Update)

Loung Ung Quote: “Voting is not only our right, it is our power. When we vote, we take back our power to choose, to speak up, and to stand with those who support us and each other.”

1. “Voting is not only our right, it is our power. When we vote, we take back our power to choose, to speak up, and to stand with those who support us and each other.”

Loung Ung Quote: “Courage is when you dare to be yourself, in whatever ways you want to be – to not be afraid, to just do it.”

2. “Courage is when you dare to be yourself, in whatever ways you want to be – to not be afraid, to just do it.”

Loung Ung Quote: “In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.”

3. “In my heart I know the truth, but my mind cannot accept the reality of what this all means.”

Loung Ung Quote: “I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it.”

4. “I think how the world is still somehow beautiful even when I feel no joy at being alive within it.”

Loung Ung Quote: “From 1975 to 1979 – through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor – the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated two million Cambodians, almost a fourth of the country’s population.”

5. “From 1975 to 1979 – through execution, starvation, disease, and forced labor – the Khmer Rouge systematically killed an estimated two million Cambodians, almost a fourth of the country’s population.”

Loung Ung Quote: “No one knows how precious you are. You are a diamond in the rough and with a little polishing, you will shine,” Pa whispers softly.”

6. “No one knows how precious you are. You are a diamond in the rough and with a little polishing, you will shine,” Pa whispers softly.”

Loung Ung Quote: “I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.”

7. “I am six years old and instead of celebrating with birthday cakes, I chew on a piece of charcoal.”

Loung Ung Quote: “This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside me now. The Angkar has taught me to hate so deeply that I now know I have the power to destroy and kill.”

8. “This is what the war has done to me. Now I want to destroy because of it. There is such hate and rage inside me now. The Angkar has taught me to hate so deeply that I now know I have the power to destroy and kill.”

Loung Ung Quote: “Keav tells me the soldiers claim to love Cambodia and its people very much. I wonder then why they are this mean if they love us so much.”

9. “Keav tells me the soldiers claim to love Cambodia and its people very much. I wonder then why they are this mean if they love us so much.”

Loung Ung Quote: “Dear gods, Pa is a very devout Buddhist. Please help my Pa return home. He is not mean and does not like to hurt other people. Help him return and I will do anything you say. I will devote my entire life to you. I will believe you always. If you cannot bring Pa home to us, please make sure they don’t hurt him, or please make sure Pa dies a quick death.”

10. “Dear gods, Pa is a very devout Buddhist. Please help my Pa return home. He is not mean and does not like to hurt other people. Help him return and I will do anything you say. I will devote my entire life to you. I will believe you always. If you cannot bring Pa home to us, please make sure they don’t hurt him, or please make sure Pa dies a quick death.”

Loung Ung Quote: “Why are they doing this, Pa?” Kim asks. “Because they are destroyers of things.”

11. “Why are they doing this, Pa?” Kim asks. “Because they are destroyers of things.”

Loung Ung Quote: “In Phnom Penh, it seems that the more money you have, the more stairs you have to climb to your home. Ma.”

12. “In Phnom Penh, it seems that the more money you have, the more stairs you have to climb to your home. Ma.”

Loung Ung Quote: “Living life to the fullest involves living it with your family.”

13. “Living life to the fullest involves living it with your family.”

Loung Ung Quote: “The first victims are always the children.”

14. “The first victims are always the children.”

Loung Ung Quote: “They say he has kept his identity a secret to guard against assassins. They say that he liberated us from foreign domination and gave us independence. They tell us Pol Pot makes us work hard because he wants to purify our spirit and help us achieve beyond our potential as farmers. They say he has a round face, full lips, and kind eyes. I wonder if his kind eyes can see us starving.”

15. “They say he has kept his identity a secret to guard against assassins. They say that he liberated us from foreign domination and gave us independence. They tell us Pol Pot makes us work hard because he wants to purify our spirit and help us achieve beyond our potential as farmers. They say he has a round face, full lips, and kind eyes. I wonder if his kind eyes can see us starving.”

Loung Ung Quote: “The only way to tell if someone is a bodiless witch is by the deep wrinkle lines around her neck. At night when these witches go to sleep their heads separate from their bodies. Dragging their intestines along, they fly around to places where there’s blood and death. The heads fly so fast that no one has ever seen the faces, only their shiny red eyes and sometimes the shadow of their heads and entrails. Once she finds a dead body, the bodiless witch nestles against the corpse all night.”

16. “The only way to tell if someone is a bodiless witch is by the deep wrinkle lines around her neck. At night when these witches go to sleep their heads separate from their bodies. Dragging their intestines along, they fly around to places where there’s blood and death. The heads fly so fast that no one has ever seen the faces, only their shiny red eyes and sometimes the shadow of their heads and entrails. Once she finds a dead body, the bodiless witch nestles against the corpse all night.”

Loung Ung Quote: “When night comes, the gods again taunt us with a radiant sunset. “Nothing should be this beautiful,” I quietly say to Chou. “The gods are playing tricks on us. How could they be so cruel and still make the sky so lovely?“. My words tug at my heart. It is unfair of the gods to show us beauty when I am in so much pain and anguish. “I want to destroy all the beautiful things.”

17. “When night comes, the gods again taunt us with a radiant sunset. “Nothing should be this beautiful,” I quietly say to Chou. “The gods are playing tricks on us. How could they be so cruel and still make the sky so lovely?“. My words tug at my heart. It is unfair of the gods to show us beauty when I am in so much pain and anguish. “I want to destroy all the beautiful things.”

Loung Ung Quote: “I’ve had the chance to do something that’s worth my being alive.”

18. “I’ve had the chance to do something that’s worth my being alive.”

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