His very existence was improbable, inexplicable, and altogether bewildering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain -- why he did not instantly disappear.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver - over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple, over the great river I could see through a sombre gap glittering, glittering, as it flowed broadly by without a murmur. All this was great, expectant, mute, while the man jabbered about himself.

You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence.

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The artist appeals to that part of our being...which is a gift and not an acquisition - and, therefore, more permanently enduring.