“He knew my African tendency to approach things by running in circles around them.”

“You Americans have been blessed with wristwatches but you don't have much time. We Africans have no wristwatches, but we have plenty of time!”

“Sometimes at the start of a new chapter in life, it seems that everything is for you and nothing can go wrong. You feel as if you are standing on a mountain peak and can catch a glimpse of the dazzling promised land that is your future- a work to be accomplished, a relationship to be enjoyed. All is bathed in mellow, golden light.”

“In Africa, if you are an hour late, you are right on time.”

“Без Марга градът изглеждаше различен. Очите ми виждаха други неща. На тротоара имах нужда от пространство за един човек ...”

“He knew as well as we in our own world do that the road to hell is paved with good intentions--but he also knew that, for human beings, good intentions are sometimes all there are. Angels may be safe from damnation, but human beings are less fortunate things, and for them hell is always close.”

“I knew that somehow this loneliness was linked to all my other fears and worries and premonitions and to my sense, that fall, of the terrible fragility of everything around me.”