“I have learnt from the politics of my great country, Nigeria that there is nothing wrong with the heads of states, but there is something wrong with the state of the heads.”

“I wanted to tell her that if only something were wrong with my body it would be fine, I would rather have anything wrong with my body than something wrong with my head, but the idea seemed so involved and wearisome that I didn’t say anything. I only burrowed down further in the bed.”

“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”

“We all know there is something wrong with our culture, the state of our world, and with ourselves.”

“Well, that was embarrassing. There was nothing wrong with talking to the voices in my head--unless everyone else was listening in.”

“If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong.”