Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay
Lemn Sissay MBE is a British author and broadcaster...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
decided foster god
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.
age bigger buy cash pays smaller space technology time
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.
itself native somebody takes
When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression.
people relationship respected
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.
adopt money people western
To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not matter.
strong motivation children
You can define how strong a democracy is by how its government treats ... the child of the state.
wall thinking rooms
I think I'll paint roads on my front room walls to convince myself that I'm going places
rain home wind
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