"Small class sizes put every Hillyer student in a "front row" seat and as a result I get to know each student as an individual with his/her own needs and talents."

"I have some days where I just sit down and cry. It’s not like everything is perfect all the time."

"In our culture, we don’t talk a lot about experiences."

"Do something. . . Be aware. . . Learn from history. It can happen anywhere."

"Whenever you see injustice happening, you must speak out."

"Words matter. Words have power. We saw in Rwanda, it [the genocide] started from words."

"The genocide in Rwanda was preventable if the international community had intervened."

"The international community was watching what was happening but they were not intervening which was very sad for me to see."

"Therefore, Rwanda used the gacaca system, “a traditional justice system that was used before to reconcile families. People come together in the community to reconcile."

"My life matters. . . No matter what you’ve been through, you should never give up. Never lose hope."

"It was important for me to never give up on life. There is a reason why I am alive. I have a purpose. That is why I am here talking to you ."

"I want to make sure that those that are no longer here - their voices, their lives, their names . . . are alive. They were alive. They existed. . . My duty is to make sure that what happened is heard."

"I want to make sure that the world knows what we’ve been through, the suffering we’ve been through, and how we overcame."

"For me, to share is so I encourage my fellow survivors to share their story. I want to be a part of helping - making sure the history of my family is told."

"Rape is a weapon of the genocide."

"Genocide doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process. There are so many stages."

"It is my duty to tell what happened so the world will not forget. . . That’s my way of making sure that the history is not forgotten."

"Losing hope is the beginning of your own self-defeat."

"There’s a mantra that I live with. No matter what horrible circumstances you may face in your life, never lose hope."

"I survived for a reason."

"My lesson to all is that no matter what horrible circumstance we may face in our lives, we must never lose hope, for losing hope is the beginning of our own self defeat."

"I am part of making people be aware of how genocide can happen, so. And if we are aware, we can make sure we prevent that from happening again."

"What happened in one day can happen anywhere, and people should be aware of [this], because it’s not something that happens overnight."

"There are women survivors who are not able to share their stories. I have been able to help them, when it came to helping those who were raped, share their stories which is something they had not been able to talk about."

"And some of us live with the consequences because of what we’ve been through during the genocide."

"“I wanted to be in a place where I can start a new life, I needed to start a new life in a place where I’ve never experienced what I’ve experienced. At that time, it was for me to start a new life, through a journey of healing. Leaving Rwanda was easy for me because of the trauma experiences I have had. So I felt like I needed to be in a different place. It happened to be that I came to America because my cousin was here."

"Physical violence happened to me, and also living with HIV as a result of that, it’s something I will never forget—that will never go anywhere, that I have to live with."

"It takes a long time to express how we feel. I am trying to show the other survivors that we need to express that pain we have."

"My feelings of pain and suffering now have also become a way of helping other people and a big part of helping society in general. So, it was not easy. But I’m glad that I never gave up. I persisted and pushed myself to become stronger than before."

"I would like to dedicate this prize to the Congolese people who have suffered since 1994 from repeated attacks by neighboring countries, mainly Rwanda. (,,,) I also dedicate this prize, to the Congolese, who from Bukavu to Kinshasa, welcomed me, housed, fed and looked after me without knowing me, thus showing humanity despite the precarious situation in which the war had rushed. I dedicate this prize to the friends, Belgians, Congolese, Germans, Dutch who helped me to get out of the Congo and to arrive safe and sound in Belgium."

"Doing good and being helpful to people is a healthy tonic- good for the soul and necessary for mankind."

"Belief in a God is essential for a productive life. It is the best gift parents can give their children. I remain grateful that my parents showed me the way to the Christian God."

"Time sometimes is the only solution. You just have to be patient for time to do the job."

"Hard work pays eventually."

"What is impossible with man is possible with God."

"Mama, I wasn’t there to cover your body and all I have left is words… over and over, my sentences weave a shroud for your missing body."

"Generalisations only favour the killers."

"The genocide can not be interpreted as a humanitarian drama. This would mean refusing to analyse the way a genocide can be carried out."

"To fight against the ideology and denial of genocide is to fight against hate."

"The genocide perpetrated against Tutsi is the history of Rwandans, it is the history of humanity."

"We must know that our differences do not make us enemies, but enriches us."

"As keepers of memory, we cannot accept the distortion of Rwanda’s history which include the genocide."

"There will be no humanity without forgiveness, there will be no forgiveness without justice, and there will be no justice without humanity."

"The ideology and denial of the genocide perpetrated against Tutsi are still topical, especially in journalistic and academic sectors influenced by genocide perpetrators and their friends."

"A game of general knowledge about sexuality. Entertaining, informative and sensual."

"I begun accepting the fate allotted to me when I encountered in Rwanda, the one with whom I was to share my life for 23 years and who became the father of my children. I was then aged 18 and had never left my homeland."

"with or without the fec or without the sacred sacred fire."

"It’s not surprising to me when someone says my work helped them."

"Follow your dreams—they’re worth it"