“ Racism in impenetrable. Staying in America means always fighting. For our own sanity and safety, we must go. Darnell Lamont Walker
“ When an entire segment of the world is burned and reduced to a lawless battleground for thugs and mercenaries, a land where government does not exist, where the slate of history is being wiped out and… Aysha Taryam
“ The most important thing is our dignity. If we have that we can survive on bread and water. Richard Flanagan
“ One small boy jumps over a table, pulls his jumper and shirt up, and turns his back to us to show where shrapnel wounded him when he was three. His classmates shriek with laughter. Richard Flanagan
“ …one of the coasts of a country that was a lifeboat, and that lifeboat was under siege by people who wanted to be taken on board. She thought to the southern shores of Italy and the boats that came up… Alexander McCall Smith
“ But unlike Mama, I would not go to heaven. My secrets padlocked the gates. I'd be a torn kite stuck in the dead branches of a tree, unable to fly. Ruta Sepetys
“ I have taken many lives in my life. Many children, perhaps husbands, wives, parents. Perhaps it is only just that this same violation was inflicted upon me. Perhaps it is just that one who lives a lif… Robert Jackson Bennett
“ Home is where you feel more welcome, more secure, have more rights, where you are loved. This place can be any place even away from what you would normally call home. Bangambiki Habyarimana
“ FLIES IN DISGUISETell me,Have youReally seenFlies in a child's eyesOr heard their hungry criesIn the middleOf the night?Don't lie.You can protest all you wantAbout peaceAnd genocide,But unless you are… Suzy Kassem
“ A human being can only take so much when their basic rights as a citizen of the earth are being denied to them – or sold at a high cost. Suzy Kassem
