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

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

I had fallen out of my secure world, precipitated beyond the territories I had only begun to control so skillfully. What a foolish step to take. What an insane move to make.

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

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

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.

No use crying over spilled milk.