Quotes from Deborah Ellis

We have to remember this," Parvana said. "When things get better and we grow up, we have to remember that there was a day when we were kids when we stood in a graveyard and dug up bones to sell so that our families could eat. Will anyone believe us? No. But we will know it happens

The part of me that's me is gone. I'm just part of this line of people. There's no me left. I'm nothing.

They were going to turn her into a boy.

Which do you think is more important, Binti- jobs of freedom of speech?' Binti thought for a moment. 'It depends on how poor you are.

You have to see the human being in the enemy. If there is potential for change, there is still hope.