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
The ways in which we are able to express courage also depend on the hand life deals us. — Chris Cleave 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
There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two. — Chris Cleave Difference Copy Share Image
There was no quick grief for Andrew because he had been so slowly lost. First from my heart, then from my mind,… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
“If you cannot read the beautiful things that have happened in someone's life, why should you care about their sadness?” — Chris Cleave Beautiful things Copy Share Image
“Once when we stopped to rest, she dug her toes into the earth at the edge of a field and smiled. When… — Chris Cleave Heart Copy Share Image
Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds. — Chris Cleave Conviction Copy Share Image
It is easier for a rich person to act on their principles than it is for someone with fewer choices (which is… — Chris Cleave Choices Copy Share Image
“I hope this letter reaches you (Osama) anyway. I hope it finds you before the Americans do otherwise I'm going to wish… — Chris Cleave Israel 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
“The Thames was cold and it was the colour of the dishwater at the end of the washing up. I remember looking… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
Death, of course, is a refuge. It's where you go when a new name, or a mask and cape, can no longer… — Chris Cleave Asylum Copy Share Image
“..and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar… — Chris Cleave Beauty Copy Share Image
It's extremely hard for athletes to accept what's happened to them sometimes. It's hard to be beaten by a small margin, and… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
“did not cry when they killed my sister but I did cry when I heard the music coming out of the soldiers’… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
“He wouldn't give up, but if i am strict and force myself now to decide upon the precise moment in this whole… — Chris Cleave Time Copy Share Image
Psychiatry in this place is like serving an in-flight meal in the middle of a plane crash. If I wanted to make… — Chris Cleave 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
“On the girl’s brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, Do those scars cover the whole of you,… — Chris Cleave Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and the moons on your dess? I though that would be… — Chris Cleave Living life Copy Share Image
“Compromise, eh? Isn't it sad, growing up? You start off like Charlie. You start off thinking you can kill all the baddies… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
What is an adventure? That depends on where you are starting from. Little girls in your country, they hide in the gap… — Chris Cleave Adventure 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
“The planet was filling up with good-looking young worldlings built entirely of opposites, canceling themselves out and- speaking as a bloke- leaving… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
“Without light, how can you keep the sight of the eyes? Without a future, how can you preserve the government? [...] We… — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I was carrying two cargoes. Yes, one of them was horror, but the other one was hope. — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image