Matt

“You should care about our country, too, he says. I do, I say, but what I mean is that I care about my brother and my baba and my mama and I just want to live in a country where we can all have dinner again without shouting about our president or rebels and revolution.”
― Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

“I think of the Arabic proverb that says: She cannot give what she does not have. I have never really understood what that means, but it seems wise and like I might be learning to better understand it now.”
― Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home

“We’re in a period of human history where empathy is needed more than ever. As the mother of two little girls, I’m constantly trying to teach them the idea that no one ever grows poor from giving. That sharing what you have does not make what you have worth any less. I guess that’s what this book is really about—the ever-growing need for generosity. And generosity is really just another word for love. So let’s work on giving more love to others as well as to ourselves.
(from Author's Note)”
― Jasmine Warga, Other Words for Home