Top 74 Quotes & Sayings by Phan Thi Kim Phuc - Page 2

When I meet children and people who suffer, when they mention any kind of pain, emotional pain, physical pain, I know what they need, because it's the same thing I need. They need healing, they need peace, they need joy, they need hope.

I never thought that the child who was a famous symbol of war would one day be invited to become a symbol of peace.

I asked why me? Why did I have to suffer so much pain and scars? I was just a little girl - I didn't do anything wrong.

Those bombs have brought me immeasurable pain. Even now, some 40 years later, I am still receiving treatment for burns that cover my arms, back, and neck. The emotional and spiritual pain was even harder to endure.

I suffered too much and I want to stop the suffering of other people.

My faith in God is healing my heart so I can have peace.

I was as alone as a person can be. I could not turn to a friend, for nobody wished to befriend me. I was toxic, and everyone knew it. To be near me was to be near hardship. Wise people stayed far away. I was alone, atop a mountain of rage. Why was I made to wear these awful scars?

In the picture, I am crying from pain. Now, I cry for peace. I don't want to see any more children suffer.

If the picture hadn't been taken, people wouldn't know what happened in the war.

I have my foundation, I help the children who are victims of war, and I talk about kids and I help people to understand how horrible war is and how beautiful the world can be if we can live with love, hope, and forgiveness.

For years, I prayed to the gods of Cao Dai for healing and peace. But as one prayer after another went unanswered, it became clear that either they were nonexistent or they did not care to lend a hand.

My own people, the South Vietnamese, had been bombing trade routes used by the Viet Cong rebels. I had not been targeted, of course. I had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I was really embarrassed. And I asked why they took my picture when I was in such agony, and I'm the girl, in the moment that I was naked, burning, hopeless, crying - so ugly. And I asked why they took my picture at that that moment? I didn't like it at all.

From time to time I look at the picture when I am very sad. I just want to remember my past and that scene made a deep impression on me.