Notes on an Exodus Quotes

“Refugees are not like you and me. They are you and me. That terrible river of the wretched and damned flowing through Europe is my family. And there is no time in the future in which they might be helped. The only time we have is now.”
― Richard Flanagan, Notes on an Exodus

“The most important thing is our dignity. If we have that we can survive on bread and water.”
― Richard Flanagan, Notes on an Exodus

“One small boy jumps over a table, pulls his jumper and shirt up, and turns his back to us to show where shrapnel wounded him when he was three. His classmates shriek with laughter.”
― Richard Flanagan, Notes on an Exodus