“Narrow the focus, take the ascent one step at a time, and it's amazing what odds a man can beat.”

“It's amazing the way one can take a step ten and a half miles long and still always land in a cowpat.”

“The Mologai. The sun shines less in the Mologai, but heat gathers there in the shade and smoke. Steep cramped dwellings, shops oldish. Oddly, smoke pervading the whole area. The streets cling to contours. You clamber up steps from one narrow alleyway to the next, among the stalls. It's an antique hunter's paradise - or rather purgatory, because the promise of heaven takes time to realize.”

“Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can take only one step at a time.”

“It is amazing what one ray of sunshine can do for a man!”

“You must learn to take a step back and visualize the whole piece. If you focus only on the thread given to you, you lose sight of what it can become. ”