Distance runner Quotes by Rachel Corrie

Death smells like homemade applesauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling scent of illness. It is not fear. It…

— Rachel Corrie

We are all born and someday we'll all die. Most likely to some degree alone. Our aloneness in this world is, maybe not anymore,…

— Rachel Corrie

I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.

— Rachel Corrie

“We are all born and someday we’ll all die. Most likely to some degree alone.What if our aloneness isn’t a tragedy? What if our…

— Rachel Corrie

I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive.... Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I…

— Rachel Corrie

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for…

— Rachel Corrie

“I got a number of very thoughtful responses to the email I sent out last night, most of which I don’t have time to…

— Rachel Corrie

People in Third World countries think and laugh and smile, just like us. We have got to understand that we are them they are…

— Rachel Corrie

Whenever I organize or participate in public protest I get really worried that it will just suck, be really small, embarrassing, and the media…

— Rachel Corrie

We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

— Rachel Corrie

“By Rachel Corrie, aged 10 — 1990 I’m here for other children. I’m here because I care. I’m here because children everywhere are suffering…

— Rachel Corrie

I should at least mention that I am also discovering a degree of strength and of basic ability for humans to remain human in…

— Rachel Corrie