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Refugee Boy QUOTES

Refugee Boy QUOTES

1 " This planet is for everyone, borders are for no one. It's all about freedom. "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy

2 " real men cry, real men have feelings. "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy

3 " ˜ Life After Death "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy

4 " My name is Alem Kelo. I live with the Fitzgeralds, my foster family, at 202 Meanly Road, Manor Park, London. I have also lived in Ethiopia and Eritrea. I have spent a few nights in a hotel in Datchet, one night in a children’s home in Reading, and for a short while I stayed in a hotel in Forest Gate, which was a bit rough. I have stayed in all these places in the last year. To be really honest I would prefer to live in Africa with my mother and my father but they have both been killed and there is war in my country. Things are very hard for me. Look at me, look at all the things that I am capable of, and think of all the things you could call me – a student, a lover of literature, a budding architect, "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy

5 " know what I must do, Father,’ he said, still looking into his father’s eyes. ‘I must represent Mother’s ideas, I should promote her dream.’ His father smiled. ‘You got it, young man! You do that and that will mean that she lives. Now,’ he said, standing up, ‘I’m told that I will get some financial help next week. My money is running out but I have enough to get some food for the time being. So let’s go shopping. "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy

6 " But Robert, don’t you think it’s a bit cold to just hang out? If we hang out for long enough we will freeze. "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy

7 " Listen, geezer, "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy

8 " School was preparation for the future... and he had no intention to go into the future unprepared. "

― Benjamin Zephaniah , Refugee Boy