I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew that there was something inside me that wanted me to tell who I was, and that would have come out even if I didn't want it.

My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered

An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb

You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.

Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.

It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the face that sets one people apart from their neighbors.

Anybody who wants to rule a group will find that if this group is quarreling among themselves they leave you alone.