Rachel Corrie

“I have bad nightmares about tanks and bulldozers outside our house.”

“I don't know if any of the children here have ever existed without tank-shell holes in their walls and the towers of an occupying army perpetually looming from the horizon.”

“The vast majority of people here are not militants. They are just trying to live.”

“This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop.”

“I think the most important thing is that we are coming here to listen and to be a witness.”

“We are all born and someday we'll all die. Most likely to some degree alone.”

“I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive.”

“I am in the midst of a genocide which I am also indirectly supporting, and for which my government is largely responsible.”

“No amount of reading, attendance at conferences, documentary viewing and word of mouth could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here.”

“I should at least mention that I am also starving for fruit. I have this idea that if I had an orchard I would never be sad.”

“Coming here is one of the better things I've ever done. So when I feel scared or tired or depressed, I just try to hold on to that.”

“I'm really scared, and questioning my fundamental belief in the goodness of human nature.”

“I have been in Palestine for two weeks and one hour now, and I still have very few words to describe what I see.”