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Exile is my power.

Well, I write in exile because I cannot return to my country, so I have no choice but to see myself as an exiled writer.

I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay.

I would never write, ever. I might as well exile myself.

My lifestyle is a consequence of my wounds. I'm the son of my history.

Exile is like death. You cannot understand it until it happens to you.

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

I think to be in exile is a curse, and you need to turn it into a blessing. You've been thrown into exile to die, really, to silence you so that your voice cannot come home. And so my whole life has been dedicated to saying, 'I will not be silenced.'

My journey is so similar to everyone else's journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ.