Bunna Heng / The Healer Quotes in The Rent Collector
“The only real dreams I have anymore are usually not pleasant.”
“Nightmares?”
[Sopeap] nods. “Perhaps a symptom of old age.”
“I’m sorry,” I say. “How do you keep them away?”
“Rice wine.”
“We’ll read it together later,” I tell [Sopeap], “just as soon as I return.”
[…] “Of course,” she finally answers, but the words ring with hollow conviction. And then she adds, “No matter how much we cling to hope, our stories seldom end as we expect.”
I don’t mean to be a skeptic to lack hope, or to harbor fear. However, experience has been my diligent teacher. Still, I hate it. I don’t want to raise a child of doubt I want my son to believe to hope, to dream that the future holds brighter days. […] And it must be true; some hope must remain in my heart, for I am standing in the hut of the Healer. If all hope had died at Stung Meanchey, I would not be here.
“It doesn’t matter where you live, Sang Ly, it is how you live.”
Bunna Heng / The Healer Quotes in The Rent Collector
“The only real dreams I have anymore are usually not pleasant.”
“Nightmares?”
[Sopeap] nods. “Perhaps a symptom of old age.”
“I’m sorry,” I say. “How do you keep them away?”
“Rice wine.”
“We’ll read it together later,” I tell [Sopeap], “just as soon as I return.”
[…] “Of course,” she finally answers, but the words ring with hollow conviction. And then she adds, “No matter how much we cling to hope, our stories seldom end as we expect.”
I don’t mean to be a skeptic to lack hope, or to harbor fear. However, experience has been my diligent teacher. Still, I hate it. I don’t want to raise a child of doubt I want my son to believe to hope, to dream that the future holds brighter days. […] And it must be true; some hope must remain in my heart, for I am standing in the hut of the Healer. If all hope had died at Stung Meanchey, I would not be here.
“It doesn’t matter where you live, Sang Ly, it is how you live.”
