None of us knows how we will cope with snakes until the moment arises, and then most of us find out that we do not do it very well.

Talking about pumpkins doesn't make them grow.

That of all people, it should be him; that took her aback. That the heart should settle on somebody like him; that surprised her. But she was so certain about it, so certain.

The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari.

There are old mycologists and there are bold mycologists, but there are no old, bold mycologists.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

The point about love, the essential point, was that we loved what we loved. We did not choose. We just loved.