I can't say why some memories float and other sink.

I'd rather stay asleep than have to learn all those frightening secrets.

We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound.

When people die and especially when they die tragically, others can't help but get carried away. They come up with their implausible interpretation and usually resort to cheap psychology. A sense of fatalism is the only form of relief left.

It's not easy to give up something you've had all your life.

Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation.

When you leave Africa, as the plane lifts, you feel that more than leaving a continent you're leaving a state of mind. Whatever awaits you at the other end of your journey will be of a different order of existence.