The Mountains Sing

by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

I know now that true love is rare and once we find our true love, we must hold on to it.

history will write itself in people’s memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better.

whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us.

Life is great, Guava, because whenever I was put down, there were always kind people who picked me up.

No evil act escapes Heaven’s net.

Only through love can we drive away the darkness of evil from this earth.

But it didn’t matter how long or short we lived. It mattered more how much light we were able to shed on those we loved and how many people we touched with our compassion.

“If you bear grudges, you’re the one who’ll have to bear the burden of sorrow.”