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> [In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they were unable to claim any sort of identity. Others I met found who they truly were,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/in-refugee-camps-around-the-world-i-met-people-who-were-gone-they/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

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## More by Deborah Ellis

> [In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/in-refugee-camps-around-the-world-i-met-people-who-were-gone-they/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/i-think-most-people-no-matter-what-their-situation-manage-to-find-joy/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [We owe it to our children to be honest about the world and to provide them with material written specially for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/we-owe-it-to-our-children-to-be-honest-about-the-world-and-to-provide/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [“The path you are on is one you chose for yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/the-path-you-are-on-is-one-you-chose-for-yourself/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [In Afghanistan, there have been a lot of teachers assassinated, schools are being blown up, girls are harassed and in some cases, attacked on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/in-afghanistan-there-have-been-a-lot-of-teachers-assassinated-schools/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [“Like it or not, you need to know how to do this. Your future depends on it. You give up on this, you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/like-it-or-not-you-need-to-know-how-to-do-this-your-future-depends-on/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [One of the things that has really hit home for me is that the world is how we decide it is going to be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/one-of-the-things-that-has-really-hit-home-for-me-is-that-the-world/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [I was really bored, pretty antisocial, and not much of a joiner, and people thought that was a problem. I hated high school. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/i-was-really-bored-pretty-antisocial-and-not-much-of-a-joiner-and/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [“I didn’t create this world,” she said to herself. “I only have to live in it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/i-didn-t-create-this-world-she-said-to-herself-i-only-have-to-live-in/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [If I'm going to be a pessimist, then I should just stop writing for young people because that's too heavy a burden to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/if-i-m-going-to-be-a-pessimist-then-i-should-just-stop-writing-for/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist and as an anti-war activist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/when-the-taliban-took-over-in-1996-the-news-of-their-crimes-hit-the/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/you-have-to-see-the-human-being-in-the-enemy-if-there-is-potential/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [While the war in Iraq was raging, I spent some time in neighbouring Jordan, meeting with Iraqi refugees who fled their country to try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/while-the-war-in-iraq-was-raging-i-spent-some-time-in-neighbouring/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [Nobody really owns anything. We give back our bodies at the end of our lives. We own our thoughts, but everything else is just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/nobody-really-owns-anything-we-give-back-our-bodies-at-the-end-of-our/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

> [“Grownups shouldn’t turn their backs on children.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-ellis/grownups-shouldn-t-turn-their-backs-on-children/)

[Deborah Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-ellis/)

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