I am not a politician or a poet. I built my career on words
that are plain and ordinary and concerned with everyday details. I am nothing
more or less than a hotel manager, trained to negotiate contracts and charged to
give shelter to those who need it. My job did not change in the genocide, even
though I was thrust into a sea of fire. I only spoke the words that seemed
normal and sane to me. I did what I believed to be the ordinary things that an
ordinary man would do. I said no to outrageous actions the way I thought that
anybody would, and it still mystifies me that so many others could say yes.
Copyright Paul Rusesabagina 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this book maybe reproduced without written permission from the publisher, Viking Press.
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