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01Undated

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 / quote

02Undated

How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother?

Maaza Mengiste / quote

03Undated

The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs.

Maaza Mengiste / quote

04Undated

We must not be anything other than what we are.

Maaza Mengiste / quote