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 guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult. — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
“...Of course there was no word in the American papers, and no one at the State Department had a clue- at least not that… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
“Death and injury lay down with him at night, and when he wakes, they are there to kiss him good morning.” — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
“If we all die, who will tell the world what happened here? Who will bring justice for all these unjust deaths?” — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
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… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
“It is love, the teeth told him, that resurrects life from death. Leave us here. Turn your head to the living.” — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
“I wonder if we will ever be able to go back to speaking as we used to, living from one day to the next… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
“How much this book of life changes, he thought. And we are not the ones to write the pages.” — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
“In Europe, his contacts apologized and said there was nothing they could do. They would keep trying, but no one was listening. Rwanda had… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
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… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
