My mother did what many men do. She left.

Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.

When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.

Go to Mozambique! As long as you don't expect to find flawless infrastructure, just go. Because this is a country where people have not quite grown accustomed to tourists. You still feel a genuineness that no longer exists in countries where tourism has been industrially developed.

Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.

What annoys a person who suicides? The life itself. Boredom. Tiredness that descends on every morning when you look at yourself at the mirror.