When Stars Are Scattered Quotes

“But we are not one star. We are millions. Not one background, but millions.

To the untrained eye, the night sky is a scattering of stars, a chaos of light and dark across the universe.

And yet, the stars are not lost.
They form patterns. Constellations. If you know how to look, there are stories woven into the very essense of stars.

Be like a star. Shine your light. Shine your story. For stories will lead us home.

-Maryam”
― Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

“Now imagine yourself as one of those stars. Your light is bright and shines for millions of miles. Now open your eyes, and open them wide. Look at your friends sitting all around you. Throughout your life, people may shout ugly words at you. Words like, "Go home, refugee!" or "You have no right to be here!" When you meet these people, tell them to look at the stars, and how they move across the sky. No one tells a star to go home. Tell them, "I am a star. I deserve to exist just the same as a star. How do I know? Because here I am. I am here. The proof is in the stars.”
― Omar Mohamed; Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

“Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now.”
― Omar Mohamed, When Stars Are Scattered

“In a refugee camp. you are always reminded of the things you have lost. It is a valiant and agonizing struggle to focus not on what you have LOST... but on what you have been GIVEN.”
― Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered