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.

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen.

Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.

We must strive to be like the moon

My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed.

This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.

I am always quiet so that I know what to say when I must speak.

This days one must be careful to avoid awakening the pain of another.

ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end.

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.

It was the hour of a profound human change, and excitement was generating on the air.

We are all broken, that's how the light gets in.

An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.

Laughter is the most powerful weapon against verbal attack anyone can have.

What we conceal Is always more than what we dare confide. Think of the letters that we write our dead.

Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.

Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.

Really great blogs do not take the place of great microprocessors. Great blogs do not replace great software. Lots and lots of blogs does not replace lots and lots of sales.

You are the light of consciousness and also the witness of this light. You are pure awareness.

The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.