"My squad is my family, my gun is……" — Ishmael Beah

My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector,… - Ishmael Beah

"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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33 Quotes by Ishmael Beah

Ishmael Beah has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We must live in the radiance of tomorrow, as our ancestors have suggested in their tales. For what is yet…
ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where…
My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen.
This days one must be careful to avoid awakening the pain of another.
I get a chance to observe the moon now, I still see those same images I saw when I was…
This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an…
I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with…
As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out…
How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?
I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so…
I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war?…
The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we have about…

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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought… — Frank Abagnale
In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest… — Gerard Arpey
I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. — Rodney Atkins
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius

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