“I do not think I have left my country. I think it has traveled with me” — Chris Cleave Patriotism Copy Share Image
We leave it up to books and movies to talk about WWII on our behalf. — Chris Cleave Behalf Copy Share Image
“It was a patient business, talking comets down to the speed of life.” — Chris Cleave Business Copy Share Image
If your face is swollen from the severe beatings of life, smile and pretend to be a fat man. — Chris Cleave Beatings Copy Share Image
Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. — Chris Cleave Down and Copy Share Image
I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world. — Chris Cleave Ocean Copy Share Image
Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles - is as unique as our fingerprints. — Chris Cleave Brands Copy Share Image
In a few breaths' time I will speak some sad words to you. But you must hear them the same way we… — Chris Cleave Sad words Copy Share Image
Horror in your country is something you take a dose of to remind yourself that you are not suffering from it. — Chris Cleave Country Copy Share Image
Everyone carries the weight of WWII with them in their recent family history, and yet it is rarely spoken about within families,… — Chris Cleave Carrie Copy Share Image
“The mourners clustered around the edge of the grave, paralyzed by the horror of this thing, this first discovery of death that… — Chris Cleave Death Copy Share Image
You travel here and you travel there, trying to get out from under the cloud, and nothing works, and then one day… — Chris Cleave Clouds Copy Share Image
“It turned out that the only difference between children and adults was that children were prepared to put twice the energy into… — Chris Cleave Child Copy Share Image
“Maybe he was overreacting…Somehow you were meant to take responsibility, minute to minute, for deciding which events you would call manageable, now… — chris cleave Overreacting Copy Share Image
“Every bitter joule of rage had been converted into speed. She was empty. There was no pain. The air whistled past her… — Chris Cleave Mercy Copy Share Image
I wanted to look at the differences between how we fought then and how we fight now, because the current lack of… — Chris Cleave Acknowledge Copy Share Image
Sad words are just another beauty. A sad story means, this storyteller is alive. The next thing you know something fine will… — Chris Cleave Alive Copy Share Image
“because this is how it was with them: the boy’s father had dark skin, darker even than my own, and the boy’s… — Chris Cleave Dark skin Copy Share Image
“Off the bike she was like a smoker without cigarettes, never sure what to do with her hands. As soon as she… — Chris Cleave Characterization Copy Share Image
I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there… — Chris Cleave Acknowledge Copy Share Image
your culture has become sophisticated, like a computer, or a drug that you take for a headache. You can use it, but… — Chris Cleave Computer Copy Share Image
“LIFE is a big word, isn't it? Let's break it down into small segments. Let's find a level of granularity we can… — Chris Cleave Fitness Copy Share Image
That is the trouble with happiness-all of it is built on top of something that men want. — Chris Cleave Happiness Copy Share Image
The ways in which we are able to express courage also depend on the hand life deals us. — Chris Cleave Able Copy Share Image
“I learned your language and I learned your rules. I am more like you than me now.” — Chris Cleave Learned Copy Share Image
I was carrying two cargoes. Yes, one of them was horror, but the other one was hope. — Chris Cleave Carrying Copy Share Image
This thing with being lovers, it isn't like being married. — Chris Cleave Being married Copy Share Image
Yet war doesn't end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation. — Chris Cleave Armistice Copy Share Image
“I understand that your brain is large and perpetually at war with itself” — Chris Cleave Anxiety Copy Share Image
“I want to be a journalist again. I want to make a difference in the world.” — Chris Cleave Humanity Copy Share Image
So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge. — Chris Cleave Immigration Copy Share Image
“We have our agreement about scars, I know, but this time I looked away because sometime you can see too much beauty.” — Chris Cleave Beauty Copy Share Image
“The gasoline flowing through the pump made a high pitched sound, as if the screaming of my family was still dissolved in… — Chris Cleave Gasoline Copy Share Image
The future looks like gasoline. . . . crude oil . . . is the future before it has been refined. It… — Chris Cleave Awakening Copy Share Image
“... Sometimes -- in the rare moments when she wasn't causing quite serious mental discomfort -- being friends with Zoe was like… — Chris Cleave Friendship Copy Share Image
This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in… — Chris Cleave Ears Copy Share Image
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