...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time.

My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen.

We must live in the radiance of tomorrow, as our ancestors have suggested in their tales. For what is yet to come tomorrow has possibilities, and we must think of it, the simplest glimpse of that possibility of goodness. That will be our strength. That has always been our strength.

This days one must be careful to avoid awakening the pain of another.

I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness.

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.