“How you see a country depends on whether you are driving through it, or live in it. How you see a country depends on whether or not you can leave it, if you have to.” IfsCountryDependsDriving Author:Alexandra Fuller
“I don't think we have all the words in a single vocabulary to explain what we are or why we are. I don't think we have the range of emotion to fully feel what someone else is feeling. I don't think any of us can sit in judgment of another human being. We're incomplete creatures, barely scraping by. Is it possible--from the perspective of this quickly spinning Earth and our speedy journey from crib to coffin--to know the difference between right, wrong, good, and evil? I don't know if it's even useful to try.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsTryingHumansFeelingsEarthEvilDifferencesHuman BeingsEmotionJourneyPerspectiveCreaturesJudgmentRangeGood And EvilVocabularySpinningIncompleteCoffinsScrapingRange Of Emotions Author:Alexandra Fuller
“The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you want in its name. Change its name altogether if you like. The land is still unblinking under the African sky. It will absorb white man's blood and the blood of African men, it will absorb blood from slaughtered cattle and the blood from a woman's birthing with equal thirst. It doesn't care.” IfsMenWantStillsWarCareFightingCoursesNamesWhiteBloodSkyLandEqualThirstWhite ManCarelessCattleBirthingName Changes Book:Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic Source: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic
“I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.” IfsLooksSelf LoveToughMumLook After Yourself Author:Alexandra Fuller
