“ 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
“ Refugees are not like you and me. They are you and me. That terrible river of the wretched and damned flowing through Europe is my family. And there is no time in the future in which they might be hel… Richard Flanagan
“ Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living exampl… Aberjhani
