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.

Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.

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

A lot of people, when they say forgive and forget, they think you completely wash your brain out and forget everything. That is not the concept. What I think is you forgive and you forget so you can transform your experiences, not necessarily forget them but transform them, so that they dont haunt you or handicap you or kill you.

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.

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