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The Healer is a “witch doctor” who lives in Prey Veng. The Healer appears to Sang Ly twice in dreams, saying that she “should have come sooner,” which eventually prompts her to travel to Prey Veng to see if he can heal Nisay’s illness. Not only does the Healer heal Nisay, but he also gives Sang Ly the first picture of her father she has ever seen, and reveals that he was close friends with her father. Before she leaves, the Healer repeats Auntie’s admonition to value Stung Meanchey, stating that the manner in which she lives matters more than the location.
Bunna Heng / The Healer Quotes in The Rent Collector
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Chapter Seventeen
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“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.”
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Chapter Twenty
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“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.”
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Chapter Twenty-Three
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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.
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“It doesn’t matter where you live, Sang Ly, it is how you live.”
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Bunna Heng / The Healer Quotes in The Rent Collector
The The Rent Collector quotes below are all either spoken by Bunna Heng / The Healer or refer to Bunna Heng / The Healer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter Seventeen
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“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.”
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Chapter Twenty
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“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.”
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Chapter Twenty-Three
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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.
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“It doesn’t matter where you live, Sang Ly, it is how you live.”
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