We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything.

The same way that racism is a white person's problem, violence against women is a men's problem.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Thanh Hoa itself is a rich agricultural province. Rice fields, a pattern of many shades of green, stretch far into the distance along the road, which also winds through foothills and the fringes of heavy jungle where tigers are said to roam. The vegetation, wild or cultivated, is lush.