“Sometimes I could not breathe, but God saved my life and gave me faith...” — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Quote

“Sometimes I could not breathe, but God saved my life and gave me faith and hope.”

“People ask me a lot, 'How can you smile all the time?' I tell them, 'I was never angry. God created me this way. He created me laughing and smiling.'”

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

“One knows that after violent exercise one breathes heavily for some time: the more violent the exercise, the longer one's respiration is laboured.”

“Sometimes my body wakes me up and says 'Hey, you haven't had pain in a while. How about pain?' And sometimes I can't breathe, and that's hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don't give up.”

“I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.”