“We must not be anything other than what we are.”
Maaza Mengiste, Beneath the Lion's Gaze“The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs.”
Maaza Mengiste, Beneath the Lion's Gaze“How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother?”
Maaza Mengiste, Beneath the Lion's Gaze“When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy?”
Maaza Mengiste, Beneath the Lion's Gaze