“I didn't expect to find much visible trace of the American war in Viet...” — Evan Osnos Quote

“I didn't expect to find much visible trace of the American war in Vietnam. The Vietnamese are too hard-bitten to dwell on it, and they've sanded away all but the outcroppings of history - the museums, the memorials.”

“When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.”

“If you're going to have a book published in China, that means that you're going to be subject to in-house censorship at the publisher, and then also, of course, the government has an apparatus that is in charge of making sure that ideas that are considered disruptive or overly critical, that those don't get onto bookstore shelves.”

“I have a pretty good life. I dont dwell in the past, that is dangerous. I have no regrets and try to learn from my mistakes.”

“On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.”

“I try not to dwell on the past because I can't change anything.”