The Catch Me if You Can Quotes

“It's now nearly impossible for me to name a favorite thing. I have nether a favorite country, nor a favorite food. Life is too full of amazingly beautiful things, people, and places to pick just one.”
― Jessica Nabongo, The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

“Consider this: I have been to every country in the world, and that includes North Korea, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Venezuela. People often ask me about “dangerous” countries, no doubt thinking of the headline makers, the countries on the “do not travel” lists. I always respond that no country in the world is completely unsafe and no country in the world is completely safe. For me, a Black woman living in America, the U.S. has proven to be the most dangerous.”
― Jessica Nabongo, The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World

“Sometimes life is not easy, or convenient, or efficient, but is this life less important, less valuable? In the West, we believe our way of life should be everyone’s way of life, from exporting a false sense of democracy and hiding our corruption behind a faulty system to living lives that are built on the purest ideas of capitalism. It is not normal to have hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, but we call student loans “good debt.” It is not normal to have 47 pairs of shoes when you only have one pair of feet. In”
― Jessica Nabongo, The Catch Me If You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World