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Quote by Naomi Shihab Nye

“There is a place to stand where you can see so many lights you forget you are one of them.”

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Naomi Shihab Nye is an American poet born on March 12, 1952. Her work blends personal experiences with a wide range of cultural backgrounds, known for its concise and profound language style. more

“I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.”

Knows Made School Water Simple Morning Grew Grew Up Rivers Towns Soccer Happy Life Electricity Small Town Bathing Fetch Playing Soccer Tap Water

Author:Ishmael Beah

“I lay in my bed night after night staring at the ceiling and thinking, Why have I survived the war? Why was I the last person in my immediate family to be alive? I didn’t know.”

Thinking Knows Persons War Lasts Night Alive Bed Lays Staring Survived Ceilings Immediate Family

Book:A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Source: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

“The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we have about fifteen languages and three dialects. I grew up speaking about seven of them.”

Three Language Rich Expression Grew Grew Up Seven Variety Fifteen Dialect Sierra Sierra Leone

Book:Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel

Source: Radiance of Tomorrow: A Novel

“In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.”

Years Two War My Family Civil War Two Years Sierra Sierra Leone

Author:Ishmael Beah

“I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids to school; they want to live in peace; they want to have their basic rights of life just like everyone else. I think we all owe an obligation to support people who want to do that.”

People Thinking Want Humans Kids School Human Beings Support Rights Obligation Sierra Basic Rights Sierra Leone

Author:Ishmael Beah

“Whenever I speak at the United Nations, UNICEF or elsewhere to raise awareness of the continual and rampant recruitment of children in wars around the world, I come to realize that I still do not fully understand how I could have possibly survived the civil war in my country, Sierra Leone.”

World Children Stills War Country Speak Nations Realizing United Awareness Raises Around The World Civil War Elsewhere Survived United Nations Sierra Recruitment Unicef Sierra Leone

Author:Ishmael Beah

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