Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a leaf to a tree / Nor the wind to the atmosphere / I know where I am meant to be / And I can't be satisfied here Lemn Sissay More Quotes by Lemn Sissay More Quotes From Lemn Sissay Dysfunction is a true reaction to untruth. Lemn Sissay untruth reactions dysfunction You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state. Lemn Sissay motivation strong children I think I'll paint roads Lemn Sissay wall rooms thinking I bring my past I bring my future I bring my rights and I bring my song I stand atop the Hacienda and shout We belong Here. We belong. Lemn Sissay rights song past I have spent most of my adult life proving that I existed. A blog is an accessible way of doing this - there is a date and place in cyberspace that I existed a year ago, to the day, and the proof is still there. Lemn Sissay cyberspace adults years A blog is neither a diary nor a journal. Many people think of blogging in relation to those two things, confessional or practical. It is neither but includes elements of both. Lemn Sissay two people thinking I think we are in an age where cash pays for time and space. The more cash you have, the bigger space you can buy and the smaller the technology to put in it. Lemn Sissay you technology age time When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression. Lemn Sissay act child aggression culture My foster parents were very religious. They told me that they had not decided to take me in, rather that it was God that had decided it for them. Lemn Sissay parents take me god My real mother is a survivor, very strong and respected by the people who know her, but our relationship is not easy - but then, it was never going to be. Lemn Sissay strong mother relationship people To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter. Lemn Sissay parents child money people Technology will never last if it ignores human beings' basic instinct to express and discover through expression. Lemn Sissay will never technology expression
