Chance Quote by Ishmael Beah

“At night it felt as if we were walking with the moon. It followed us under thick clouds and waited for us at the…

— Ishmael Beah

“I learned that you are not free until you stop others from making you feel worthless. Because if you do not, you will eventually…

— Ishmael Beah

ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to…

— Ishmael Beah

“We walked into the arms of the forest...”

— Ishmael Beah

For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a…

— Ishmael Beah

My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed.

— Ishmael Beah

My mother tongue, Mende, is very expressive, very figurative, and when I write, I always struggle to find the English equivalent of things that…

— Ishmael Beah

Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities...This was one of the consequences of civil war. People stopped trusting…

— Ishmael Beah

I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling.…

— Ishmael Beah

My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen.

— Ishmael Beah

“Circumstances will change and things will be fine, just hold on a little more”

— Ishmael Beah

This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.

— Ishmael Beah