Refugee Quotes

145 Refugee quotes by 112 unique authors

Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom-struck gimp who couldn't handle the pressure. My attorney has… — Hunter S. Thompson
There weren't any curtains in the windows, and the books that didn't fit into the bookshelf lay piled on the floor like a bunch of… — Haruki Murakami
In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on… — Greg Mortenson
A refugee population is hungry for language and aware that anything can happen. — Anne Carson
They wanted to carry her, but she jumped to the stones of the plaza and strode away from the building, toward her ranks, which parted… — Neal Stephenson
...We leave our homeland, our property and our friends. We give up the familiar ground that supports our ego, admit the helplessness of ego to… — Chogyam Trungpa
We were exiles from reality that summer. We were refugees from ourselves. — Chris Cleave
So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge. — Chris Cleave
Nick was dressed in jeans, a dark green sweater, and bomber jacket–the perfect image of a rich college student. Talon looked like a biker who… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Would you leave me alone, you walking pair of boots! Let go of my easel, you refugee from a luggage factory. If you need some… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Since it was there, Larkin got another bowl, spooned up stew for himself. “He fights with us. We’re an army.” “An army? Talk about delusions… — Nora Roberts
The humanities are like the great old Paris Flea Market where, amidst masses of junk, people with a good eye found cast away treasures...They are… — Allan Bloom
And yet, over the years I've met so many people like Jared who seem to be more at home, happier, living in a country on… — Eric Weiner
I am just a refugee from the long slow toothache of English life. It is terrible to love life so much you can hardly breathe! — Lawrence Durrell
Just as the Torah and Bible teach concern for those in distress, the Koran instructs all Muslims to make caring for widows, orphans, and refugees… — Greg Mortenson
When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they could of their… — Mary Pipher
Our power knows no limits, yet we cannot find food for a starving child, or a home for a refugee. Our knowledge is without measure… — John le Carre
We're no longer young men. We've lost any desire to conquer the world. We are refugees. We are fleeing from ourselves. From our lives. We… — Erich Maria Remarque
People are so obsessed with that these days. As long as you're healthy, what difference do a few pounds make? Crazy diets. Thirteen-year-old girls on… — Danielle Steel
I know I'm not going to say good-bye. And if these staggering refugees want to help, if they think they see something bigger here than… — Isaac Marion
Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as a hallmark of… — Susan Abulhawa
In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern Lebanon and claim… — Robert Fisk
We are all refugees from our childhoods. And so we turn, among other things, to stories. To write a story, to read a story, is… — Mohsin Hamid
While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to… — Antonio Guterres
We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are… — Isabel Allende

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