Quotes by : Ishmael Beah

One of the unsettling things about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t....

Sometimes I closed my eyes hard to avoid thinking, but the eye of the mind refused to be closed and continued....

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

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy....

Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities...This was one of the....

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

I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a war....

We took a bowl each and started eating. He went back into the little room, and by the time he returned....

On our way back to her house, I didn’t look at the city lights any longer. I looked into the sky and....

We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in....