To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
I have spent most of my adult life proving that I existed. A blog is an accessible way of doing this - there is… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression. — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state. — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter. — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
I bring my past I bring my future I bring my rights and I bring my song I stand atop the Hacienda and shout… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
