"This is what conflict does. It spreads fear on all sides."

"When you need something in life, you need to ask for it."

"When I think of establishing a network, it’s like I’m looking down at a map of a nation- a nation that I’ve created."

"From my youth, I was trained to endure rejections and change them into opportunities."

"Few things faze me. My reflex is to plot the next move, take calculated risks, set a target, and reach it- even if it means exercising tremendous patience and attempting countless alternative routes to my goal."

"Survival is something that comes naturally to a refugee."

"When things don’t go as planned in the journey to your destination, don’t give up. Defy defeat. Resist submission. Hold into hope."

"Light is always welcome in the dark."

"I have to fight to exist and resist, especially with a virus that is keeping us imprisoned."

"I love life, how could despair win me over in those times? It happens, and I learned that when it does, it is people who are there for us. It is the support we need, and we will always get once we ask for it."