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> [I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/i-fell-in-love-with-rwanda-the-moment-i-saw-those-verdant-rolling/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

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## More by Naomi Benaron

> [“...Of course there was no word in the American papers, and no one at the State Department had a clue- at least not that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/of-course-there-was-no-word-in-the-american-papers-and-no-one-at-the/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/i-fell-in-love-with-rwanda-the-moment-i-saw-those-verdant-rolling/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/love-truly-does-have-the-power-to-transcend-evil-it-can-get-us/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [“Death and injury lay down with him at night, and when he wakes, they are there to kiss him good morning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/death-and-injury-lay-down-with-him-at-night-and-when-he-wakes-they/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [Wherever God spends the day, He comes home to sleep in Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/wherever-god-spends-the-day-he-comes-home-to-sleep-in-rwanda/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [“If we all die, who will tell the world what happened here? Who will bring justice for all these unjust deaths?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/if-we-all-die-who-will-tell-the-world-what-happened-here-who-will/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/i-was-brought-up-in-the-shadow-of-the-holocaust-my-mother-lost-most/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [“This cycle of hope and disappointment breaks my heart every day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/this-cycle-of-hope-and-disappointment-breaks-my-heart-every-day/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [“It is love, the teeth told him, that resurrects life from death. Leave us here. Turn your head to the living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/it-is-love-the-teeth-told-him-that-resurrects-life-from-death-leave/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [“I wonder if we will ever be able to go back to speaking as we used to, living from one day to the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/i-wonder-if-we-will-ever-be-able-to-go-back-to-speaking-as-we-used-to/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [“How much this book of life changes, he thought. And we are not the ones to write the pages.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/how-much-this-book-of-life-changes-he-thought-and-we-are-not-the-ones/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [Your hope is the most beautiful and the saddest in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/your-hope-is-the-most-beautiful-and-the-saddest-in-the-world/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/when-readers-close-the-covers-on-running-the-rift-i-want-them-to/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [“In Europe, his contacts apologized and said there was nothing they could do. They would keep trying, but no one was listening. Rwanda had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/in-europe-his-contacts-apologized-and-said-there-was-nothing-they/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

> [I'm a triathlete. Running is when I do my best living and my best thinking. I love the discipline, pushing yourself to suffer as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/i-m-a-triathlete-running-is-when-i-do-my-best-living-and-my-best/)

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