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“The most important thing is our dignity. If we have that we can survive on bread and water.”

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Book:Notes on an Exodus

Source: Notes on an Exodus

“But generosity of spirit is not enough: our responses must be grounded in wisdom. The headless heart may lead to outcomes little better than the heartless head. So we need to be a little more specific about what generosity of spirit implies. What shoud it mean in the context of Syria, and, by extension, what should it mean more widely in the global context of refugees?”

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Book:Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System

Source: Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System

“Spiritual assets allow us to see more clearly, love more deeply, and act more courageously.”

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Book:Endure: The Power of Spiritual Assets for Resilience to Trauma & Stress

Source: Endure: The Power of Spiritual Assets for Resilience to Trauma & Stress

“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 helped. The only time we have is now.”

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Book:Notes on an Exodus

Source: Notes on an Exodus

“For many Syrians, the start of a new life in Europe was the third in a succession of traumas. The trauma of war was followed by the trauma of a death-defying journey, only to be eclipsed by the trauma of disappointed expectations upon arriving in the West.”

Syrian Refugee Quotes

Book:We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Source: We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

“The regime has turned us into monsters so it can justify killing us by saying that it's fighting monsters... I imagine this man who loses his kids- the one thing that defines his future. I completely understand if he turns into a monster. But even a monster has hope. He hopes that someday he'll go back to being a normal human being.”

Syrian Refugee Quotes

Book:We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Source: We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

“It's been so long since I heard that someone died of natural causes.”

Syrian Refugee Quotes

Book:We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

Source: We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria

“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.”

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Book:Notes on an Exodus

Source: Notes on an Exodus

“Refugees are the best weapon of the 21st century and Erdogan a master of it!”

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Author:Vincent van Volkmer

“It should not be a secret to any independent and conscientious thinker, writer, or journalist that what has been happening in Syria since 2011 is nothing but complex and dirty attempts by multiple regional and global powers to 'Iraqize' Syria by other means.”

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Author:Louis Yako

“Refugees are not a homogeneous group of people. Some are attracted by the prospect of succeeding in a high-income society; others, a majority, hope to return to Syria.”

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Book:Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System

Source: Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System