I never set out to be a journalist. I wanted to be a humanitarian doctor like Albert Schweitzer, working in Africa. Janine di Giovanni More Quotes by Janine di Giovanni More Quotes From Janine di Giovanni Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life. Janine di Giovanni resurrection-of-jesus-christeastermorning Human memory is short and terribly fickle. Janine di Giovanni ficklehumansmemories My role [as a war correspondent] is to bring a voice to people who are voiceless [and] to shine a light in the darkest corners of the world. Janine di Giovanni motivationinspirationwar I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on. Janine di Giovanni writingyearsthinking In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations. Janine di Giovanni aftermathhealingwar Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side. Janine di Giovanni your-sidepeopleway Lake Como has always been a magnet for the elite. Janine di Giovanni elitelakealwaysmagnet Stockholm is surely an urban planner's dream. Everything works. Everything looks good. Janine di Giovanni everythinggooddreamlooks Sarajevo was this beautiful city, very cosmopolitan, multiethnic, full of wonderful people, artists and writers and poets and Serbs and Muslims and Croats, and living side by side. And then this medieval siege, and it was a medieval siege, came, and the Bosnian Serbs were on the hills lobbing in rockets and grenades and mortars. Janine di Giovanni citylivingbeautifulpeople From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader but I'm going to get out of here and do something.' Janine di Giovanni thinkyourevengeage When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research and put a book together the way you would a jigsaw puzzle. Janine di Giovanni youresearchtogetherbook The fact is, feminism is not what it used to be. Janine di Giovanni factfeminismused For the first five years of Luca's life, I desperately wanted to be a good mother and not to pass on this trauma and darkness that his father and I had experienced, but there's a danger of suffocating your kids, too. Janine di Giovanni goodmotherlifefather I know being pregnant and giving birth is the most wonderful thing on Earth. I know that after you have a baby, there is a sense of addiction, a need to have another. It's biological. Janine di Giovanni youaddictionbabygiving In Pakistan, the right to go to school is not a given. In the more rural areas, a girl is born, married off as early as 9 years old, and basically lives life under the control of men. Janine di Giovanni girlmenlifeschool There are people who are seekers and people who aren't. Janine di Giovanni whoseekerspeople My earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage. Janine di Giovanni civil-rightsragerightsmemories I spent a good part of the nineties roaming the Earth writing about conflict. It was very grueling. I was beginning to find this way of life was, wow, addictive and deeply meaningful. Janine di Giovanni beginninggoodlifeway In Iraq during the days of Saddam, I had a government minder who followed me everywhere, reported on my activities. Janine di Giovanni dayswhomegovernment I have never been embedded with the American army or, you know, with the big war machine. Janine di Giovanni neveryouarmywar
