Bessie Head Quotes

I am building a stairway to the stars. I have the authority to take the whole of mankind up there with me. That is why I write.

People with really weak characters cause an immense amount of suffering in the world. They destroy whole civilisations.

Love is mutually feeding each other, not one living on another like a ghoul.

Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity.

I write because I have authority from life to do so.

A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people.