A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.

There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved in such a task will yield sweet results.

Then I saw his kind eyes, a comfort I desired. Then I saw his height, a knight I needed by my side. Then I saw his body, a man I surrendered to.

To eat Ugali is an art of adventure in itself. Forget cutlery because all you need is your lovely fingers.

I do not condemn either the rich or the poor, but the consequences of these two.

My thick and full lips shall pout their African ancestry until all sorrows are kissed out of me.

The joy of comradeship in this foreign land has been killed by silence and overprotection of personal space. I miss the chaos around me for it makes me realise that I am amidst life and alive.

Everyone these days is concerned so much with privacy and forgets the value of human touch. We still need each other but are scared of how it might sound or appear to the other.

May you grow to be a fearless and proud accepting-self human.

At times we are the worst racist enemies of our black selves.

If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?

I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.

Never despair if you have to start at the bottom

I love theologians, they know god cannot speak so they spend their energy trying to explain to us what his silence means

Joy is the most infallible sign of the Presence of God.

Sometimes the roles you're being offered, leads in films aren't good enough. Actually it's you're better going and doing a radio play or a decent TV.

The Internet is not a place. It’s a great void, a black hole, from which you can call up an incredible amount of disorganized information.

I spent many years not knowing where my dad was... Not knowing if my dad was alive, even. He turned up when I was 16 out of the blue.

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.

I know what's within me even if you can't see it yet...I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

Live below your means but within your needs.