“I wished I died in that attack with my cousin, with my south Vietnames...” — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Quote

“I wished I died in that attack with my cousin, with my south Vietnamese soldiers. I wish I died at that time so I won't suffer like that anymore... it was so hard for me to carry all that burden with that hatred, with that anger and bitterness.”

“Even if I could talk face to face with the pilot who dropped the bombs I would tell him, 'We cannot change history, but we should try to do good things for the present and for the future to promote peace.'”

“God used me that day. Even though so much of my body was burned, my feet were not burned, and so I could run out and be there for that photo. It saved a lot of souls and brought an end to the war.”

“If people become kinder to each other and begin to forgive some bitterness, if they begin to love their neighbor as the Most High loves us, then I am for it.”

“Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.”

“One feels as if it could never, never be less. And yet all griefs, when there is no bitterness in them, are soothed down by time.”