25 Quotes by Wendy Pearlman

Today, the word “refugee” is used in a horrible way. It’s something either to be pitied or blamed for everything. Overpopulation? It’s the refugees. Rents going up? It’s the refugees. Crime? It’s the refugees. If you label people refugees, they remain refugees for the rest of their lives.

The more someone supported the regime, the more he was scared of it.

This is when we lost our humanity. I’d open my phone and look at my contacts and only one or two were still alive.

Many people aren’t happy with the refugees coming to their country. Maybe we came illegally, but every other door was shut in our faces. What do they expect us to do? Isn’t it enough our government destroyed us and we lost everything? We would prefer to stay in our country. If you don’t want refugees, help us make peace in Syria.

Blood is what moves people. Blood is the force of the revolution.

But even a monster has hope. He hopes that someday he’ll go back to being a normal human being.

It’s been so long since I heard that someone died of natural causes.