Quotes by Rachel Corrie

“We are all born and someday well all die. Most likely to some degree alone.What if our aloneness isnt a tragedy? What if our aloneness is what allows us to speak the truth without being afraid? Wha...”

“Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.”

“I got a number of very thoughtful responses to the email I sent out last night, most of which I dont have time to respond to right now. Thanks everyone for the encouragement, questions, criticism. ...”

“By Rachel Corrie, aged 10 1990Im here for other children.Im here because I care.Im here because children everywhere are suffering and because forty thousand people die each day from hunger.Im here...”

“I look forward to seeing more and more people willing to resist the direction the world is moving in, a direction where our personal experiences are irrelevant, that we are defective, that our comm...”

“Nothing could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here. You just cant imagine it unless you see it. And even then your experience is not at all the reality: what with the difficulties...”

“I want to be a lawyer, a dancer, an actress, a mother, a wife, a children's author, a distance runner, a poet, a pianist, a pet store owner, an astronaut, an environmental and humanitarian activist...”

“Follow your dreams, believe in yourself and don't give up.”

“We are all born and someday we’ll all die. Most likely to some degree alone.What if our aloneness isn’t a tragedy? What if our aloneness is what allows us to speak the truth without being afraid? W...”

“By Rachel Corrie, aged 10 — 1990I’m here for other children.I’m here because I care.I’m here because children everywhere are suffering and because forty thousand people die each day from hunger.I’m...”