In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much… — Deborah Ellis Any 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… — Deborah Ellis Also 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 About 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,… — Deborah Ellis Able 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,… — Deborah Ellis Inspirational 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… — Deborah Ellis Actions 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… — Deborah Ellis Antisocial Copy Share Image
“I didn’t create this world,” she said to herself. “I only have to live in it.” — Deborah Ellis Creativity 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… — Deborah Ellis Also 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… — Deborah Ellis About 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 Being 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… — Deborah Ellis About 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… — Deborah Ellis Body Copy Share Image
In 'Off to War, Voices of Soldier's Children,' kids from Canada and the United States talk about what it is like when… — Deborah Ellis About Copy Share Image
“it made her angry, and since she could do nothing with her anger, it made her sad.” — Deborah Ellis Anger Copy Share Image
When girls in Canada dream about becoming members of parliament, they have a pretty good expectation that parliament is going to be… — Deborah Ellis Afghanistan 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… — Deborah Ellis Foodforthought Copy Share Image
There's a big thing in Canada that parents need to talk to their children about drugs and sex. I don't think talking… — Deborah Ellis About Copy Share Image
We never know who we are going to be until we are tested, but perhaps we can test ourselves without going to… — Deborah Ellis Away Copy Share Image
As a woman in Canada, I get to do whatever I want to do, and I'm used to that. I'm used to… — Deborah Ellis Because Copy Share Image
