“People who disagree with His Excellency, the President for Life and 'Chief of Chiefs,' are frequently found to be the victims of car crashes (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or dead in their beds of heart attacks (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or the recipients of some not-quite-fresh seafood (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets).” PeopleHeartBodyFoundPresidentCarBedVictimTyrannyChiefsDisagreeCrashBulletsSeafoodHeart AttackCar Crash Book:Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Source: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
“But I plucked a new, different, worldly soul for myself -- maybe a soul I found in the spray thrown up by the surge of that distant African river as it plummets onto black rocks and sends up into the sun a permanent arc of a rainbow.” DifferentSoulFoundBlackSunRocksRiversPermanentThrownRainbowWorldlyArcsSpray Book:Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic Source: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic
“Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous.” WorldWayBookRealityFoundLiteratureHonestFrankHarshDiariesImpatientLiteralFrivolousHarsh RealityNot Honest Author:Alexandra Fuller
