Maaza Mengiste Quotes & Sayings

How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother? — Maaza Mengiste

The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs. — Maaza Mengiste

When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy? — Maaza Mengiste

We must not be anything other than what we are. — Maaza Mengiste

A government of fighters won't know how to lead, only create more war. You think bravery is measured in resistance. — Maaza Mengiste

Maybe it's the readers that make a book global. — Maaza Mengiste

The nature of love is to kill for it, or to die. — Maaza Mengiste