Martine quotes from Sometimes in April (2005)

Martine, a word.

Martine

I'm sorry Father, we have a school full of terrified girls.

Martine, we are in a very difficult position, but we must do our duty. We cannot harbor rebels. We must hand them over.

Martine

Father, these are not rebels! These are girls, girls that you've promised to raise as your own daughters! And now you would turn them out?

What can I do, my child? We cannot protect all of them! I do not have the power to change the situation! We must pray.

Martine

Girls, they're going to ask you for your identification cards. They want all Tutsis to come out. They want to separate us. I can't do this.

I'll go, mistress.

If Isa goes, I'll go!

I'll go.

I'll go.

I'll go.

We're sisters! We're staying together!

We're staying together!

Martine

Do you understand the choices that you're making? Do you understand?

Martine

Please, think of them as your own daughters.

My daughter is not a cockroach!