There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

For whatever reason, I don't know why, but Cambodians learned something in their suffering and their struggle that we have lost touch with.

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

In countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance restored, so that refugees can return home. In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees.

By remembering that I don't know sadness or pain like the people do in the camp and to be sad will not help them.

I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.

There is no shame in being a survivor of sexual violence. The shame is on the aggressor.