"When readers close the covers on Running the Rift, I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth."

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Source : "Interview with author Naomi Benaron: Running the Rift". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. January 3, 2012.

Naomi Benaron

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“If you have a chance to see Children Of War, you can watch expert trauma counselors try to help bring healing to young people who have experienced atrocities in conflict.”
“Mike Pence is the hardest one to guess in 2020 as a leader, because I don't know if he is seen as the heir to the Donald Trump political movement or ig being the heir is a good thing.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“People think that all cameramen do is point the camera at things, but it's a heck of a lot more complicated than that.”
“Your fortune is misfortune if it is not Love.”
“My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you. She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.”
“I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful.”
“Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself”
“Luck? If the roof fell in and Diz (Dean) was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.”

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