We must leave our mark on life while we have it in our power.

In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect.

When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.

People who dream when they sleep at night know of a special kind of happiness which the world of the day holds not, a placid ecstasy, and ease of heart, that are like honey on the tongue. They also know that the real glory of dreams lies in their atmosphere of unlimited freedom. It is not the freedom of the dictator, who enforces his own will on the world, but the freedom of the artist, who has no will, who is free of will.

You know you are truly alive when you’re living among lions.

I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the wisdom of my grandmother and of all old story-telling women!

One may take many liberties with God which one cannot take with men.