Even though they have lost everything, they still keep their role as a mother, as the caretaker of the household. - Esther Mujawayo

I do not know if my reaction comes from pride or if it's a survival instinct. I know only this; that to be fully alive rather than to survive, is a way of punishing them. It's the only revenge possible to me.

I was not born to live. I died at birth. The small grave was already dug. Everybody was ready for my funeral. Only my mother clung to the crumpled little corpse, refusing to let it be buried.

We had been feeling the tension increase for a long time.