“There aren't enough doctors in Africa. Those who choose to become doctors here don't do it for the money or because they want to do good. They do it because they have to heal, the way most people need to breathe or eat or love.” PeopleWayWantNeedsEnoughDoctorsBreatheHeal Book:Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic Source: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: Picador Classic
“It's a long day's drive any way you look at it. With a man who has taken your sins - real and imagined - and stitched them onto the sackcloth of his own soul, it is endless.” MenWayLooksLongRealSoulSinTakenEndlessLong Day Book:Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier Source: Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier
“In ways I don't entirely have the words for an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.” WayRealWrittenLessons Author:Alexandra Fuller
“There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect in the world in any real way mid-process. The only way to survive is to write until it is all said and done.” WorldWayFeelsWritingLongSaidBookRealDoneProcessLaborPainfulArticlesWriting A BookSaid And Done Author:Alexandra Fuller
“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
