The only thing that makes me sad is that I shall be leaving Africa when I die. I love Africa, which is my mother and my father. When I am dead, I shall miss the smell of Africa

Boys, men, " she said. "They're all the same. They think that this [their manhood] is something special and they're all so proud of it. They do not know how ridiculous it is.

You should have seen him, ” she said. “A real ladies’ man. Stuff in his hair. Dark glasses. Fancy shoes. He had no idea how funny he looked. I much prefer men with ordinary shoes and honest trousers.

There are many sadnesses in the hearts of men who are far away from their countries.

I said to him that Zululand sounded fine, but that every man has a map in his heart of his own country and that the heart will never allow you to forget this map.

It was curious how some people had a highly developed sense of guilt, she thought, while others had none.

As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

God is the originator of life.

Many Russia experts note the deep and sad capacity of the Russian people for suffering.

Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.

People weep at music all the time, because music gives form to some abstract level of integration.

Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service.

These impossible women! How they do get around us!

The cosy glow which had been enveloping the Duke became shot through by a sudden chill. It was as if he had been luxuriating in a warm shower bath, and some hidden hand had turned on the cold tap.

Nothing speaks our grief so well as to speak nothing.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.