"We must strive to be like the moon" — Ishmael Beah

"We must strive to be like the moon"

— Ishmael Beah

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

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There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
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