For Tutsi to be able to forgive is an individual matter, at the level of the heart. - Immaculée Ilibagiza

I see thunderstorms around us now, but these are just baby storms,” the psychic told her. “The mother storm is coming. When she arrives, her lightning will scorch the land, her thunder will deafen us, and her heavy rain will drown us all. The storm will last for three months and many will die. Those who escape will find no one to turn to—every friendly face will have perished.

In Rwanda, nobody wants to see what we saw. If things are working, we want them to keep going.

Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them.