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

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.

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

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.

What is the fear of God? The grace to shun evil.

There are fairy stories to be written for adults. Stories that are still in a green state.

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out.

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

I wish my name was Tom Kite.

Obviously the Internet makes everything easier - you get people's addresses and so on and everything seems much more accessible.

I imagine the world dividing into the people who want to feed their children, and the ones shooting at them.

With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!

Most bands, if something goes wrong, they cower and walk off stage and fire people.