Write a little every day, without hope, without despair.

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

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

To set sail somewhere is more important than life itself.

The pleasure of the true dreamer does not lie in the substance of the dream, but in this: that there things happen without any interference from his side, and altogether outside his control.

It is little silly to be a caricature of something of which you know very little, and which means very little to you, but to be your own caricature — that is the true carnival!

I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.