I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that child into the world.

You shouldn't want to be like everyone else. Then you wouldn't be like you.

Finding is for things that are lost. You don't need to find me, Mayor.

In those days I used to talk to myself as if reciting poetry.

There was never a great genius without a touch of madness.

I mean, public libraries like this one were always short of money, so building even the tiniest of labyrinths had to be beyond their means.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

The worst thing that could have happened to me as an addict was having money.

"In my youth," said his father, "I look to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw Has lasted the rest of my life."

Masculine pride is an exceedingly precious and fragile thing

I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.

Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective.

Anyone who lives in this time is concerned with grottiness.