“In Europe, his contacts apologized and said there was nothing they could do. They would keep trying, but no one was listening. Rwanda had no oil or strategic interest, no diamonds or gold.” — 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
