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> [I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-room-walls-to-convince-myself/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

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## More by Lemn Sissay

> [My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/my-foster-parents-were-very-religious-they-told-me-that-they-had-not/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [I have spent most of my adult life proving that I existed. A blog is an accessible way of doing this - there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/i-have-spent-most-of-my-adult-life-proving-that-i-existed-a-blog-is/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/a-blog-is-neither-a-diary-nor-a-journal-many-people-think-of-blogging/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [“You remind me Define me Incline me. If you died I'd.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/you-remind-me-define-me-incline-me-if-you-died-i-d/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/when-somebody-takes-a-child-from-their-native-culture-that-is-in/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/my-real-mother-is-a-survivor-very-strong-and-respected-by-the-people/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/you-can-define-how-strong-a-democracy-is-by-how-its-government-treats/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [Dysfunction is a true reaction to untruth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/dysfunction-is-a-true-reaction-to-untruth/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/to-western-parents-that-want-to-adopt-a-child-i-would-say-to-people/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/i-think-i-ll-paint-roads-on-my-front-room-walls-to-convince-myself/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/food-from-the-platter-water-from-the-rain-the-subject-and-the-matter/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [I bring my past I bring my future I bring my rights and I bring my song I stand atop the Hacienda and shout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/i-bring-my-past-i-bring-my-future-i-bring-my-rights-and-i-bring-my/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [I think we are in an age where cash pays for time and space. The more cash you have, the bigger space you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/i-think-we-are-in-an-age-where-cash-pays-for-time-and-space-the-more/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

> [Technology will never last if it ignores human beings' basic instinct to express and discover through expression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lemn-sissay/technology-will-never-last-if-it-ignores-human-beings-basic-instinct/)

[Lemn Sissay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lemn-sissay/)

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