Quotes by : Ishmael Beah

I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue....

I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I....

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

How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?" he asked. He waited....

Children played guessing games, telling each other whether the gun fired was and AK-47, a G3, an RPG,....

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

I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life....

I was so happy that my mother, father, and two brothers had somehow found one another. Perhaps my mother....

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

We must strive to be like the moon.' An old man in Kabati repeated this sentence often... the adage served....