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21 " 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. "
― Chaker Khazaal , Ouch!: A memoir with a twist…
22 " When you need something in life, you need to ask for it. "
― Chaker Khazaal , Confessions of a War Child
23 " I’m always vocal about what I need. My instinctive impulses are difficult to resist. "
24 " I am a man who was brought up to face rejections and not fear them. "
25 " Come to think of it, most of Lebanon’s politicians would be up for an Oscar. I would feel safer with them in movies rather than in power. Ouch! "
26 " Love seeks light, not darkness "
27 " Humanity wasn’t all about conflict, or about who stole land from whom, or who hate whom. It was about who helps you when you need it the most. "
28 " 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. "
29 " How can someone look back at a prison and call it home? "
30 " This is what conflict does. It spreads fear on all sides. "
31 " War doesn’t only leave wrecked towns and homes, it destroys minds and wounds hearts. Violence is often the reflection of itself, and terrorism becomes the manifestation of anger in its victims. "
32 " I was finally returning to a home that had been built in my imagination. I was not only crossing a land border, but that fine line separating imagination from reality. "
33 " Religion, politics, and fear have always had this weird underestimated algorithmic relationship. "
34 " Beirut and I have a complicated relationship. I love, admire, but also fear the city. "
35 " As a writer, it’s always the hardest when you want to close a story. "
36 " Writing was my escape from the overwhelming storm of emotions. "
37 " I have always loved seeing people realize their dreams, small or big, a dream is a dream. It is where reality meets imagination. "
38 " I also learned that God wants us to question things. How wouldn’t He allow His children to learn through curiosity? "
39 " Much of the time my smile is due to my happiness; I’ve been fortunate to have experienced the joy that I have. There is another smile though. It masks my deepest pains "
40 " 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. "