“The sand looked so beautiful then, so many little individual grains in the light of the night, giving the watcher the childhood feeling of infinite things finally understood, the humiliating feeling of the watcher's nothingness.” GivingLittlesFeelingsLightBeautifulNightIndividualChildhoodUnderstoodInfiniteSandGrainNothingnessHumiliatingWatchers Book:The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born Source: The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born
“I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've been trained to write, I do that as a defense against total despair. And seeing people like you, who are actively engaged in trying to salvage pieces of our wrecked lives, gives me hope that after all we are not alone.” PeopleGivingWritingTryingBookPiecesSeeingLike YouDespairGive MeDefenseEngagedNot AlonePropheticSalvage Author:Ayi Kwei Armah
