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.

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.

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?

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.

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!

Each of us has the ability to create

All great adventures have moments that are really crap.

But if she is alone now, it is because she chose to be alone, not someone decree if for her. Her life is hers to live, not yours to repair.

I prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams.

The intergenerational poverty that troubles us so much today is predominantly a poverty of values.

I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine.

Enclosures have been appropriately called a revolution of the rich against the poor.

I'm addicted to women. Believe me, as Shaggy, after every concert, there's drawers that are dropping.

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.