In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so.

We just got to go on, that's all. That's what grownups would do.

We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.

I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.

I hope my books make statements about our general condition.

The water rose further and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble.

I am here; and here is nowhere in particular.