I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.

beware the clever man that makes the wrong look right

I had learned that there were times when fighting was impossible, when the best thing to do was to wait and to learn.

I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest.

Never have I met a person doing terrible things who would meet my own eyes peacefully. To gaze into another person's face is to do two things: to recognize their humanity, and to assert your own.

Redemption is invented by the sinner.

To gaze into another persons face is to do two things: to recognise their humanity and to assert your own.