I don't think Kenya is the only country that tries to induce amnesia - it seems to be a global phenomenon. But offenses do not die. They do not disappear.

Even though we've written epic poems and made incredible films about love, I still don't think anyone can understand what it is, or why it means everything.

I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could be a new chance.

Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize.

For Kenya: we have a chance to start again each time we meet one another. The ghosts do not need to define the future.

Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.

Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away.

I can edit into infinity. It's such a joy. I'd probably edit until the last word. Until there's only one word left.

Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they're never commemorated.

I like talking to myself and making patterns out of the letters of the alphabet on blank surfaces.

It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist.

And as light as the rain seems, it still rains down on you.

Fear   Only  Constraints  Undeveloped                       Strength                      where your eyes look to within,                       is what your heart will believe.

Speed to fail should be every entrepreneur's motto. When you finally find the one idea that can't be killed, go with it.

I have no sympathy for those who, under any pressure of circumstances, sacrifice their heart's-love for legal prostitution.

It's funny when you get married, you do find other couples to hang out with.

It was like I existed in a kind of parallel universe, thinking thoughts and feelings that no one else understood.

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

It is a rare woman who can overcome her desire to remain pretty and allow herself to become beautiful.

A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.

I always think that, even when people behave badly, if you like something deep inside them, then there is a tiny bit of nobility - they wish they could be good.