I’m still coping with my trauma, but coping by trying to find different ways to heal it rather than hide it. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those opportunities and chase after them! Because when you are curious and in ‘search mode,’ you will meet a lot of people and learn, and when you find opportunities, you will be exhilarated rather than overwhelmed. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
All that I have achieved has been possible not only because of my own strength and perseverance, gained through hardship, but also through other people’s support and belief in me. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
Words will never be enough to quantify and qualify the many magnitudes of human-caused destruction. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them about my mother’s huge garden and our mango tree. The lessons I taught were simple. Play nicely. Take care of plants. Take care of people. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
I think, when you survive any intense experience, people try to moralize you; a lot of people just try to raise you high, and it’s so not fair to you and to everybody else. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
It is so important to share experiences with one another. Humans are so often in their own heads and not looking to others. But we have to realize that we are always invited to be a part of someone else’s story – we are together in this. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
My copy of ‘Night’ is dog-eared. The pages are filled with plastic colored ‘flags’ that are blue, green, purple, and yellow. Vocabulary is in the margins; phrases and sentences are underlined, some with pencil, and some with pen. Many words are circled. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
I go around the country sharing my story. I aim to dare other people to go deep into their own stories and hope to inspire them to think about their own world and experiences. Clemantine Wamariya Read Quote
