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The Best We Could Do
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"The Best We Could Do" Quotes

"The Best We Could Do" is a graphic memoir that chronicles a family's escape from war-torn Vietnam and their struggles to build a new life in America.

Quotes

I learned that home is not just the place where you were born, but the place where you become yourself.

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identitybelonging

Memory is a choice. But we can't choose not to make one.

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memory

There's a difference between remembering and seeing.

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memory

In the end, it's not necessarily a happy ending. It's just the place where the story stops.

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lifeendings

My mother was not just a mom - she was a person. And I realize how little I know her.

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familyidentity

There's so much of my mother I don't know. I didn't know.

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familyidentity

There are no such things as true stories, just stories.

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perspectivetruth

To write is to try to understand.

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writingunderstanding

Refugees are just people, no different from anyone else.

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refugeesequality

Children have a way of seeing things as they are that adults cannot. It's a gift.

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childrenperspective