There is a man who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you.

If one perpetually thinks of me, and makes me his sole refuge, I become his debtor and will give my life to save him.

Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.

We were hiding in our house in Nyamirambo after hearing my name being read among those who had been killed. We had to bribe the police every day to remain hidden. Mr Rusesabagina, who was a family friend, called to see if we were alive. After learning that we were alive, he sent a soldier to pick us up and take us to Hotel Mille Collines. It was a dangerous journey, so we had to be driven one by one and bribed our way through the roadblocks and lied that we were Hutu. It was a miracle that we arrived at the hotel.

For you, and for any dear to you, I would do anything. I would embrace any sacrifice for you and for those dear to you. And when you see your own bright beauty springing up anew at your feet, think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

You know what? As it relates to my brother, there is one thing I know for sure: he kept us safe.

If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.

He was a hero, that is, he was ready to sacrifice his own life for the pleasure of destroying thousands of other lives.

When the two Regts. were panic-stricken they [his command] stood by me like heroes … Would I abandon men who showed themselves willing to give their own lives to save mine?

All I could do now was offer him comfort, the assurance that as he left this life he was not alone but rather was tended by the dog who loved him more than anything in the whole world.

…he felt he could willingly give his life for them.

My life was safeguarded when thousands mobilized around the world to free me from imprisonment, and my life was spared by individual acts of compassion by some of my captors.

Hi, I'm bunny the life guard and if there's any life-saving to do I'm the man to do it