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To him, London wasn’t a place you went to, it was a place the British escaped from.
“Your life is in some bizarre state when priests are throwing abuse at you on the street.”
― The Magdalen Martyrs
― The Magdalen Martyrs
“I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it.”
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“At a dinner party in north London, I listened to friends bragging about buying Porsches with their bonuses and sending out from their offices for pizzas and clean shirts because they were clinching a deal and could not leave their desks. I wanted to tell them of a place where every family had lost a son or a husband or had a leg blown off, almost every child seen someone die in a rocket attack and where a small boy had told me his dream was to have a brightly coloured ball. But, when I began to talk about Afghanistan, I watched eyes glaze and felt as if I was trying to have a conversation about a movie no one else had seen.”
― The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan
― The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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