Beasts of No Nation Quotes
A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.
Agu: Bullet is just eating everything, leaves, trees, ground, person. Eating them. Just making person to bleed everywhere. We are just like wild animals now, with no place to be going. Sun, why are you shining at this world? I am wanting to catch you in my hands, to squeeze you until you can not shine no more. That way, everything is always dark and nobody's ever having to see all the terrible things that are happening here.
Agu: I saw terrible things... and I did terrible things. So if I'm talking to you, it will make me sad and it will make you too sad. In this life... I just want to be happy in this life. If I'm telling this to you... you will think that... I am some sort of beast... or devil. I am all of these things... but I also having mother... father... brother and sister once. They loved me.
Agu: [after receiving a bundle of clothes from Strika] You got this stuff from where?
[Strika points]
Agu: From dead bodies?
[Strika nods]
Agu: Everybody is calling you "Strika." Why?
[Strika extends his right arm forcefully]
Agu: Are you liking war?
[Strika shakes his head]
Agu: Hey, I'm asking you a question and you are not talking. Are you having family?
[Strika shakes his head again]
Agu: I am thinking about my mom... and brother... and my little sister.
[Strika points]
Agu: From dead bodies?
[Strika nods]
Agu: Everybody is calling you "Strika." Why?
[Strika extends his right arm forcefully]
Agu: Are you liking war?
[Strika shakes his head]
Agu: Hey, I'm asking you a question and you are not talking. Are you having family?
[Strika shakes his head again]
Agu: I am thinking about my mom... and brother... and my little sister.
