My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas.

I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.

I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our country.

Education is a continual process, it's like a bicycle... If you don't pedal you don't go forward.

Most fires made by underestimated sparks, the greatness fire inside ourselves is lit by the spark of the change, came across a small corner in our souls where the conscience still whispering.

Singing from your heart is like fresh air that heal you again from the pollution around you

Come morning, his memory would be of a night spent watching over them all. And each of them - dog and boy, mother and old man - would feel the same.

One thing I can assure you, life is not easy, but it can be simple. Focus on what's important and don't let your distractions derail you.

But if everything's already decided, then what's the point of living? - Tom, pg 437

Loving connections are intimately associated with belief. The more connected we are, the more we believe in each other.

Never underestimate the staying power of a bad idea.

She had needed kindness before, and had received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.

You can stay and fight or you can run and repent.

Making a lie complicated... doesn't sound true.(BackStrom Season 1 episode 7)