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Ishmael Beah has 34 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We must live in the radiance of tomorrow, as our ancestors have suggested in their tales. For what is yet to come…
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ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was…
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My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen.
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My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed.
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This days one must be careful to avoid awakening the pain of another.
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I get a chance to observe the moon now, I still see those same images I saw when I was six, and…
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This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.
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I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And…
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As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out at night,…
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How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?
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I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life…
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I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was…
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The challenges I have faced—among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother—are not uncommon, but neither have…
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I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.
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Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.
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In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and…
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I'm grateful for doing those drugs, because they kept me from getting laid and I would have gotten AIDS.
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When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something…
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They kept me in a cage for too long because now every room I am standing in is just another cell.
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