Diplomats and politicians, blowing with the wind. No substance, no beliefs, no real friendships.

Everything is mended by the soil.

There must be a sense of urgency before anything can ever happen.

People floating like pollen in search of more fertile soil.

Most people don't lay the foundations correctly because they are too impatient or too greedy or too stupid ...

Garden design is all about concealment and surprise.

Stability and security are just illusions. But they are necessary illusions because without them there would be no way of going on.

Of all the advantages that ghostwriting offers, one of the greatest must be the opportunity that you get to meet people of interest.

Absolutely. No more pretending!

He can touch your soul. And there is a difference between having your heart break and having your soul shatter.

It's all right if things don't change today. We're gonna keep doing what we do. The world can either catch up or not.

After all, the world is not our handiwork, and we are not responsible for what goes on in it, save within very narrow limits.

Our souls are like those orphans whose unwedded mothers die in bearing them: the secret of our paternity lies in their grave, and we must there to learn it.

In 1998, I was trained by the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army ] in London how to pretend to be a geologist.

For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?

Beautiful light is born of a contrast to darkness.