When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't want to die.' That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.

Why do I write? It's not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.

People hurt each other. That's what people do.

I believed him. I was not stupid. I was his wife.

Stories about food are stories about us-our history and our values.

Everybody knows the competing identities of people who have kids.

It's a good rule of thumb, it seems to me: if you're not allowed to see where something comes from, don't put it in your mouth.