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We were full of dreams and it was with impatient hearts that we imagined the joys and adventures life held in store for us.
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I'm neither Hutu nor Tutsi ... Those are not my stories. You're my friends because I love you, not because you're from this or that ethnic group. I don't want anything to do with all that!
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Si l'on est d'un pays, si l'on y est né, comme qui dirait : natif-natal, eh bien, on l'a dans les yeux, la peau, les mains, avec la chevelure de ses arbres, la chair de sa terre, les os de ses pierres, le sang de ses rivières, son ciel, sa saveur, ses hommes et ses femmes...
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Demain, le soleil se lèvera et on essaiera encore...
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I had no explanation for the deaths of some and the hatred of others. Perhaps this was what war meant: understanding nothing.
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War always takes it upon itself, unsolicited, to find us an enemy. I wanted to remain neutral, but I couldn't. I was born with this story. It ran in my blood. I belonged to it.
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- [...] On ne doit pas douter de la beauté des choses, même sous un ciel tortionnaire. Si tu n'es pas étonné par le chant du coq ou par la lumière au-dessus des crêtes, si tu ne crois pas en la bonté de ton âme, alors tu ne te bats plus, et c'est comme si tu étais déjà mort. - Demain, le soleil se lèvera et on essaiera encore, a dit Prothé pour conclure.
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Ha letto tutti quei libri?” ho chiesto.“Sì. Alcuni anche più d’una volta. Sono i grandi amori della mia vita. Mi fanno ridere, piangere, dubitare, riflettere. Mi permettono di evadere. Mi hanno cambiata, hanno fatto di me un’altra persona.”“Un libro ci può cambiare?”“Certo che un libro ti può cambiare! E può anche cambiare la tua vita. Come un colpo di fulmine. E non si può sapere quando avverrà l’incontro. Bisogna diffidare dei libri, sono geni addormentati.
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Je me disais que son chagrin était plus fort que sa raison. La souffrance est un joker dans le jeu de la discussion, elle couche tous les autres arguments sur son passage. En un sens, elle est injuste.
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