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> [For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a living and for whom the bush is the most welcoming community, is a child lost forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/for-many-observers-a-child-who-has-known-nothing-but-war-a-child-for/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

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## More by Ishmael Beah

> [“At night it felt as if we were walking with the moon. It followed us under thick clouds and waited for us at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/at-night-it-felt-as-if-we-were-walking-with-the-moon-it-followed-us/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [“I learned that you are not free until you stop others from making you feel worthless. Because if you do not, you will eventually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/i-learned-that-you-are-not-free-until-you-stop-others-from-making-you/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/one-of-the-unsettling-things-about-my-journey-mentally-physically-and/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [“We walked into the arms of the forest...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/we-walked-into-the-arms-of-the-forest/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/for-many-observers-a-child-who-has-known-nothing-but-war-a-child-for/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/my-squad-is-my-family-my-gun-is-my-provider-and-protector-and-my-rule/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [My mother tongue, Mende, is very expressive, very figurative, and when I write, I always struggle to find the English equivalent of things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/my-mother-tongue-mende-is-very-expressive-very-figurative-and-when-i/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities...This was one of the consequences of civil war. People stopped trusting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/some-people-tried-to-hurt-us-to-protect-themselves-their-family-and/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/i-grew-up-in-sierra-leone-in-a-small-village-where-as-a-boy-my/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/my-childhood-had-gone-by-without-my-knowing-and-it-seemed-as-if-my/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [“Circumstances will change and things will be fine, just hold on a little more”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/circumstances-will-change-and-things-will-be-fine-just-hold-on-a/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/this-is-one-of-the-consequences-of-the-civil-war-people-stop-trusting/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [A lot of people, when they say 'forgive and forget,' they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/a-lot-of-people-when-they-say-forgive-and-forget-they-think-you/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [It's exhausting writing nonfiction, particularly when it's personal. It's tiring, always speaking about things that are not necessarily fun retelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/it-s-exhausting-writing-nonfiction-particularly-when-it-s-personal-it/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

> [I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ishmael-beah/i-had-a-very-simple-unremarkable-and-happy-life-and-i-grew-up-in-a/)

[Ishmael Beah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ishmael-beah/)

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