"Some stories won't have a happy ending, but there's always hope that the next one will. Hope is everything. Even when there's nothing else. Especially when there's nothing else."
- Clara Kensie
"Dad thinks I'm ready to fly around the country as the Ambassador of Hope, but Mom thinks I'm a frail little bird with broken wings."
"Hope is made of air, and wishes. An empty box wrapped in shiny paper.And now Dad wants me to be the ambassador of hope for his foundation. How can I be the ambassador of hope, when hope doesn't change..."
"Hope is made of air, and wishes. An empty box wrapped in shiny paper."
"My father is using me as a message of hope. My sister is using me as a message of fear.I don't want to be used by anybody."
"Success is living life with all of its songs and melodies, triumphs and tragedies."
- Debasish Mridha
"My friend Bailey is looking at me with tears in her eyes and a smile of pure joy. She sees me, the real me, not the broken little bird that my mother sees, or the Ambassador of Hope that my father see..."
"My Keeper's house. Right there. Brown shingles, dark red shutters, yellow-and-black police tape wrapped around the massive tree trunks. The attic window looks out over the yard and the world narrows u..."
"So many cameras are on me. This press conference is going to be on every news channel and posted on the internet. Thousands, maybe millions of people will see me. And they will all be thinking: Victim..."
"Dear past, I survived you. Dear present, I’m ready for you. Dear future, I’m coming for you."
- Matshona Dhliwayo