“I deserve no punishment at all for being who I am.”

“When people claim to know who I am, I can no longer act freely.”

“I have always suspected everyone who likes me of having poor judgment. I despise them for being so easily taken in.”

“I'm sure there are aspects of my personality buried within me that will surface as soon as I know I am completely loved.”

“The native calls the baobab 'the devil tree' because he claims that the devil, getting tangled in its branches, punished by the tree by reversing it. To the native, the roots are branches now, and the branches are roots. To ensure that there would be no more baobabs, the devil destroyed all the young ones.”

“I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity”

“Of all mammals, only a human being can say 'no.”