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 on young readers. But also, I get to meet with people who have waded through horrible… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
We owe it to our children to be honest about the world and to provide them with material written specially for them. — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, there have been a lot of teachers assassinated, schools are being blown up, girls are harassed and in some cases, attacked on… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
“Like it or not, you need to know how to do this. Your future depends on it. You give up on this, you will… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
One of the things that has really hit home for me is that the world is how we decide it is going to be.… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
I was really bored, pretty antisocial, and not much of a joiner, and people thought that was a problem. I hated high school. In… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
“I didn’t create this world,” she said to herself. “I only have to live in it.” — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
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… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
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,… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope. — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
While the war in Iraq was raging, I spent some time in neighbouring Jordan, meeting with Iraqi refugees who fled their country to try… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
Nobody really owns anything. We give back our bodies at the end of our lives. We own our thoughts, but everything else is just… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
