The Happiest Refugee
Anh Do
Top 10 Best Quotes
“There are only two times. Now and too late.”
“And don't kid yourself; when you don't decide, that's a decision.”
“Always question your fear, Anh. there's almost never a good reason to be scared.”
“Australia eventually offered us sanctuary. Mum and Dad were overjoyed. Dad walked around the island asking people if they had any spare warm clothes. He collected a big bundle of jumpers and blankets because he’d heard about Australia—‘Beautiful country, friendly people, but really cold. It’s right near Switzerland.’ That’s my dad, great at rescues, crap at geography. We touched down in Sydney, Australia in thirty-degree Celsius heat and my family were thinking, Geez, Austria’s really hot, man!”
“There’s only two times in life, there’s now and there’s too late.”
“worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you’ve given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure.”
“Miss Buk is what we called her (I suspect her name might have been Burke, lucky for her it wasn’t Furke),”
“The patrol boat began shooting at us, and the women on our boat screamed.”
“It didn't seem like we had to do with less at all. It felt like exactly the opposite. Having this women stay with use made us feel very well off. This is why my mum is a genius. She could've told us a million times that we were lucky to have what we had- three meals a day, clothes to wear, a roof over our heads - and we would never have believed her because we heard these cliches all the time and they didn't make us feel lucky. But allowing someone who had even less than we did to live with us made us feel incredibly fortunate, wealthy even. This woman was so appreciative and grateful, and always made us feel like we were benefactors sent from God to help her through. p130”
“good looking when I was six.”
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