a long way gone is a novel by ishmael beah. 

‘ none of what happened was your fault. ’

‘ i don’t have much, but i will give you a place to sleep, food, and my love. ’ 

‘ come with me to the kitchen for some food. ’

‘ do you want to lie down? ’

‘ this is going to hurt. ’

‘ you are my son. ’

‘ how did you get these scars? ’

‘ you can go if you want to, but i suggest that you stay in bed tonight. ’ 

‘ come back tomorrow so that i can change the bandage. ’

‘ thank you for coming to see me. ’ 

‘ would you like to tell me about it? ’

‘ you look hungry. ’

‘ i’ll bring you some food, and please, take your time. ’

‘ how do you like being here? ’

‘ i was never disappointed, since i always expected the worst to happen. ’

‘ you were just a little boy, and anytime you want to tell me anything, i am here to listen. ’

‘ like i said, we cannot go back. but we can start from here. ’

‘ i’d wake up sweating and throwing punches in the air. ’

‘ so i couldn’t bring myself to be completely happy. ’

‘ you’ll get through this. ’ 

‘ you are lucky. ’

‘ how long have i been here? ’

‘ you have a great smile, you should smile more. ’

‘ i had this dream last night. ’

‘ in the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy, and confusion. ’ 

‘ i was worried about living with a family. ’

‘ are you sure you want to be friends with me? ’

‘ i had learned to survive and take care of myself. ’

‘ if you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. ’ 

‘ people don’t trust each other anymore. ’

‘ they have lost everything that makes them human. ’

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“You called me a whore and a rugmuncher”

“Down, now.”

“There is no hope and you know it now, like I do, don’t you? There is no hope for any of us.”

“Anger makes you stupid. Stupid gets you killed.”

“You better watch your mouth, sunshine.”

“If I had known the world was ending, I would’ve brought better books.”

“I don’t know what the hell’s going on in the most wonderful way!”

“We’re not gonna kill you, we’re not gonna hurt you. You’re gonna rot in a cell.”

“People with nothing to hide don’t usually feel the need to say so.”

“You talk about the weight of what you have to do, how you can handle it. A bad man, someone truly evil? They’re light as a feather. They don’t feel a thing.”

“My shit never stopped being together.”

“You want to kill me, you’re going to have to do better than that wrench.”

“I thought you were a cop, not a lawyer.”

“They’re gonna feel really stupid when they find out… They are screwing with the wrong people.”

“It’s a Cherokee rose. The story is that when American soldiers were moving Indians off their land on the trail of tears the Cherokee mothers were grieving and crying so much ’cause they were losing their little ones along the way from exposure and disease and starvation. A lot of them just disappeared. So the elders, they, uh, said a prayer. Asked for a sign to uplift the mothers’ spirits, give them strength and hope. The next day, this rose started to grow right where the mothers’ tears fell"

“I fully respect the hair game.”

“I just couldn’t leave this behind. It’s too damn gorgeous.”

“Never bullshit a bullshitter.”

“I’m not showing you my leg, at least buy me a drink first.”

“Sit down or I’ll put you down.”

“Shoot me again, best pray I’m dead.”

“I’m supposed to be delivering pizzas, man.”

“All life is precious.”

“Little Ass Kicker. Right? That’s a good name, right?”

“Dibs is dibs.”

“Son of a dick.”

“Get out? How you got in.”

“There is no right; there’s just wrong that doesn’t pull you down.”

“I’m glad i didn’t say goodbye. I hate goodbyes.”

“Ain’t that right, sugar tits? Hey, honeybunch, what say you get me out of these cuffs, we go off somewhere and bump some uglies? Gonna die anyway.”

“It hams my biscuits.”

“You’re a man of God. Have some faith.”

“I’ll bake them a cake, with pink frosting. Would they like that?”

“You’re my brother.”

“When you were pouring the Bisquick, were you trying to make pancakes?”

“Look at the flowers.”

“When you care about people, hurt is part of the package.”

“I got plans for you.”

“If they can’t make it, we’ll just take this place.”

“Yeah, you see eleven condoms; I see eleven minutes of my life I’m never getting back.”

“The pain doesn’t go away. You just make room for it.”

“You can breathe. You can blink. You can cry… Hell, they’re all gonna be doing that.”

“Adolescence is a 20th century invention.”

“I’m tied up and you’ve already expressed the desire to stab me in the head!”

“The pessimist looks down and hits his head. The optimist looks up and loses his footing. The realist looks forward and adjusts his path accordingly.”

“What’s he gonna do? Kill me for committing suicide?”

“You earn what you take.”

“People in hell want slurpees.”

“Do what what you’re gonna do. Then go to hell.”

“You don’t have to throw yourself out of a moving car… to feel like you’re calling the ball.”

“He’s already given me fleas.”

“Don’t you want one more day with a chance?”

“I don’t know why I do the things I do; I’m a damn mystery to me.”

“Nah, I can shoot. Just don’t like to.”

“I’m well aware of that.”

“That’s how it is, isn’t it? You always think there’s one more peanut butter left.”

“Well, pardon me young man, excuse the shit out of my goddamn French, but did you just threaten me?”

“Truth is, I don’t know what I’m lookng for.”

“I think we should make some new rules before they get back. I hereby declare we have spaghetti Tuesdays every Wednesday. First we have to find some spaghetti.”

“I ain’t going to have your first drink be no damn Peach Schnapps.”

“That asshole is out on the street with the handcuff keys?”

“You’re not the good guys. You should know that.”

“Bright side, it’ll be the fall that kills us. I’m a glass half full kinda guy.”

“You can lose a lot of soldiers but still win the game.”

“Sucks, don’t it? The moment you realize you don’t know shit”

“If it looks easy, don’t do it. Don’t let the world spoil you.”

“I don’t cry anymore.”

“Heaven is just another lie, and if you believe it, you’re an idiot.” ”