The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

Rage cannot be hidden, it can only be dissembled. This dissembling deludes the thoughtless, and strengthens rage and adds, to rage, contempt.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.

One day, to everyone’s astonishment, someone drops a match in the powder keg and everything blows up.

The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

All of Africa will be free before we can get a lousy cup of coffee.