What were they like?

• "Did the people of Viet Nam use lanterns of stone? (...) Sir, their light hearts turned to stone. It was not remembered"
• "Did they hold ceremonies to reverence the opening of buds?" "Perhaps(...) but after the children were killed there were no more buds."
• "Were they inclined to quiet laughter?" "Sir, laughter is bitter to the burned mouth."
• "All the bones were charred (...) When bombs smashed those mirrors there was only time to scream"
• "their singing resembled the flight of moths in the moonlight. Who can say? It is silent now"