Mia Couto Quotes

He who seeks eternity should look at the sky, he who seeks the moment, should look at the cloud.

Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.

Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.

Love is a territory where orders can't be issued.

Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness.

I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears.

After us, there was no more world to receive anyone.