“I should have died sooner. But there was one thing: Mama’s love. When I thought of that I couldn’t die. It’s true, as I have said, that just as man has the right to live as he chooses, he has the right to die when he pleases, and yet as long as my mother remained […]

“Why does tragedy exist? Because you are full of rage.Why are you full of rage?Because you are full of grief.” (Anne Carson (Translator), Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides)

~TO MY MOTHER, B. HEINE, NÉE VON GELDERN~

“I have been wont to bear my head right high,My temper too is somewhat stern and rough;Even before a monarch’s cold rebuffI would not timidly avert mine eye.Yet, mother dear, I’ll tell it openly:Much as my haughty pride may swell and puff,I feel submissive and subdued enough,When thy much-cherished, darling form is nigh.Is it thy […]

“Giấc mơ đêm cứu vớt cho ngàyTrong hư ảo người sống phần thực nhấtCái không thể nào tới đượcĐã giục con ngườiVươn đến những điều đạt tớiNhững giấc mơ êm đềmNhững giấc mơ nổi loạnNhư cánh chim vẫy gọi những bàn tay. ” (Giấc mơ của anh hề – Lưu Quang Vũ)

~Be not Defeated by the Rain~

“Be not defeated by the rain, Nor let the wind prove your better.Succumb not to the snows of winter. Nor be bested by the heat of summer. Be strong in body. Unfettered by desire. Not enticed to anger. Cultivate a quiet joy.Count yourself last in everything. Put others before you.Watch well and listen closely. Hold […]

“Con chim sẻ của phố taĐừng buồn nữa nháBác thợ mộc nói sai rồiNếu cuộc đời này toàn chuyện xấu xaTại sao cây táo lại nở hoa …” (Phố ta – Lưu Quang Vũ)

“Society won’t stand for it.‘It’s not society. You’re the one who won’t stand for it – right?’‘If you do such a thing society will make you suffer for it’‘It’s not society. It’s you, isn’t it?’‘Before you know it, you’ll be ostracized by society.’‘It’s not society. You’re going to do the ostracizing, aren’t you? ” (No […]

“Fabien was drifting now in the vast splendor of a sea of clouds, but under him therelay eternity. Among the constellations still he had his being, their only denizen. For yet awhile he held the universe in his hand, weighed it at his breast. That wheel he clutched upbore a load of human treasure and […]