Ouch! A memoir with a twist… Quotes

“I have to find that silver lining around the dark cloud looming over all of us.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Even at time of fear and uncertainty, I never went to the darkness. Light was always my destination- the light at the end of the tunnel.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“When things don’t go as planned in the journey to your destination, don’t give up. Defy defeat. Resist submission. Hold onto hope.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Life is unmanageable when you are stateless.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“How can someone look back at a prison and call it home?”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I’m always vocal about what I need. My instinctive impulses are difficult to resist.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I love life, how could despair win me over in those times? It happens, and I learned that when it does, it is people who are there for us. It is the support we need, and we will always get once we ask for it.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I have to fight to exist and resist, especially with a virus that is keeping us imprisoned.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Light is always welcome in the dark.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I love people’s imagination, especially when it involves conspiracy theories. Ouch!”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“When things don’t go as planned in the journey to your destination, don’t give up. Defy defeat. Resist submission. Hold into hope.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“In displacement, I, Chaker of the World, grew up a prisoner. I am a freedom fighter, and my love for life is my only weapon.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Refugees face appalling living conditions that are unsafe and unsanitary. But a refugee can endure all of this with inborn talents and learned skills.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Survival is something that comes naturally to a refugee.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Few things faze me. My reflex is to plot the next move, take calculated risks, set a target, and reach it- even if it means exercising tremendous patience and attempting countless alternative routes to my goal.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Come to think of it, most of Lebanon’s politicians would be up for an Oscar. I would feel safer with them in movies rather than in power. Ouch!”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I am a man who was brought up to face rejections and not fear them.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“From my youth, I was trained to endure rejections and change them into opportunities.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“There is no shame in asking for help when people are happy to offer it, and give it out of love. My network is based on that fundamental.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Much of the time my smile is due to my happiness; I’ve been fortunate to have experienced the joy that I have. There is another smile though. It masks my deepest pains”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I have always loved seeing people realize their dreams, small or big, a dream is a dream. It is where reality meets imagination.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“As a writer, it’s always the hardest when you want to close a story.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Beirut and I have a complicated relationship. I love, admire, but also fear the city.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Religion, politics, and fear have always had this weird underestimated algorithmic relationship.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I also learned that God wants us to question things. How wouldn’t He allow His children to learn through curiosity?”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Writing was my escape from the overwhelming storm of emotions.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“I was finally returning to a home that had been built in my imagination. I was not only crossing a land border, but that fine line separating imagination from reality.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“This is what conflict does. It spreads fear on all sides.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Writing became my escape, the corner where I could take refuge in and be at peace.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…

“Memories are powerful- whether filled with peace or turbulence.”
― Chaker Khazaal, Ouch! A memoir with a twist…