Would we be the heroes or the cowards of the piece? Would we follow orders or stick to our principles, if those… — Chris Cleave Brave Copy Share Image
“Lawrence frowned. "I don't get you," he said. "If you understood how serious your situation is, I don't think you'd smile." I… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
“There are countries of the world, and regions of one's own mind, where it is unwise to travel.” — Chris Cleave Little bee Copy Share Image
“...a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. . . We must see all scars… — Chris Cleave Beauty 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
So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge. — Chris Cleave Immigration Copy Share Image
“We never tasted tea in my village, even though they grow it in the east of my country, where the land rises… — Chris Cleave Green hills 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
The Daily Mail can't say 'asylum-seeker' without saying 'foreign criminal' in the same sentence. I'm sure it's practically editorial policy. — Chris Cleave Asylum seekers Copy Share Image
Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you… — Chris Cleave Ends Copy Share Image
On our honeymoon we talked and talked. We stayed in a beachfront villa, and we drank rum and lemonade and talked so… — Chris Cleave Andrew Copy Share Image
We no longer need to show people being brave: instead, we can examine how they became brave. We can assume that they… — Chris Cleave Assuming Copy Share Image
It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated. — Chris Cleave Animus 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
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 Copy Share Image
“Everyone in my village liked U2," I said. "Everyone in my country, maybe. Wouldn't that be funny, if the oil rebels were… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
We leave it up to books and movies to talk about WWII on our behalf. — Chris Cleave Behalf Copy Share Image
“The church was stuffed with mourners, of course. No one from work - I tried to keep my life and my magazine… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
“How well it had suited me, that absolute license to march up to evildoers and demand who, what, where, when and why?” — Chris Cleave Journalism Copy Share Image
I think all of us are intrigued to imagine what we as individuals would become, if we were ever tested as hard… — Chris Cleave Generations Copy Share Image
“Perhaps at twenty, one is naturally curious about life, but at thirty, simply suspicious of anyone who still has one.” — Chris Cleave Life Copy Share Image
“Putting down the power right from the whistle would be ugly and brutal, but it would get the job done. He wanted… — Chris Cleave Coaching Copy Share Image
“I understand that your brain is large and perpetually at war with itself” — Chris Cleave Anxiety Copy Share Image
“I ask you right here to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what scar makers want us… — Chris Cleave Beauty Copy Share Image
