Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ

“I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper.”
― Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

“In the years to come, Thi Anh would let the harrowing memories of the boat and the camp trickle out of her until they were nothing but a whisper. But she would hold on to that last evening with all her might, from the smell of the steaming rice in the kitchen to the touch of her mother’s skin as she embraced her for the last time.”
― Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

“Transgenerational trauma, the idea that trauma can be transferred through generations, has been documented in an array of people â€� the descendants of those enslaved, survivors of war, victims of abuse, and refugees. The event in and of itself can’t be passed down, of course. Rather it is the lingering symptoms that descendants inherit. The mother’s anxiety or drug abuse, the father’s violent outbursts or depression. Behaviours that children witness and adopt or are disturbed by, creating a vicious circle of distress. The”
― Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

“But Anh knew that fear was no barrier of viscousness, that it could be its vessel.”
― Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls

“We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal.”
― Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls