82 Quotes by Clemantine Wamariya


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    I'm still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it.

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    You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you.

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    Sharing is wonderful, but giving - I give, you take - often maintains the power status quo.

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    Like many American millennials, an 8th grade field trip first brought me into contact with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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    I truly hope readers learn to believe in their imaginations and their ability to shape their own lives. That's what 'The Girl Who Smiled Beads' means to me.

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    There are millions of people, refugees, who have experienced the same conflicts and struggles I did. They have the same potential to defy the odds and achieve great things.

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    My Chicago is beautiful and diverse. It was able to give me all parts of the world all in one.

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    Being kind to myself helped me deal with people who thought less of me and thought they were better than me.

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