When I reached Fort Binjemma, for example, where my grandfather was stationed for a while, the whole Victorian fort was decaying. Barbed wire surrounded it, spray paint on the ancient walls claimed it as private property, and the moat where my grandfather and his men had grown crops - in desperation as the siege's hunger bit - was completely overgrown with bushes and trees.
My maternal grandmother was in London during the Blitz. Indeed, the man she was dating before she met my grandfather was killed beside her in a cinem… - Chris Cleave
My maternal grandmother was in London during the Blitz. Indeed, the man she was dating before she met my grandfather was killed beside her in a cinem…
- Chris Cleave
So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge. - Chris Cleave
So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.
Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting. - Chris Cleave
Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.
A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived. - Chris Cleave
A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.
Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs. - Chris Cleave
Life is extremely short and you cannot dance to current affairs.
This thing with being lovers, it isn't like being married. - Chris Cleave
This thing with being lovers, it isn't like being married.
I'm a much better writer for being a father. - Chris Cleave
I'm a much better writer for being a father.
We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived… - Chris Cleave
We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived…
At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on. - Chris Cleave
At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.
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