“When somebody has a disfigurement and don’t look as pretty as you do, don’t judge


“When somebody has a disfigurement and don’t look as pretty as you do, don’t judge them, because you never know what happened to them. Don’t judge people who don’t look the same as you do. Because you never know. One day it might be all taken away.”

Connie Culp

At a news conference where she showed off the results of the nation’s first face transplant.

“I do not have any destination. I only have an aim — to escape from here. It is like doomsday here. It is like hell.”

Afzal Khan

A Pakistani refugee who fled the Swat town of Mingora with his family because of violence in the region.