“A word grows to a thought – a thought to an idea – an idea to an act. The change is slow, and the Present is a sluggish traveler loafing in the path Tomorrow wants to take.” WantIdeasGrowsPathJourneyTomorrowTravelerSluggishLoafing Book:West with the Night Source: West with the Night
“What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and colour and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack. Kibii, the Nandi boy, was my good friend. Arab Ruta (the same boy grown to manhood), wo sits before me, is my good friend, but the handclasp will be shorter, the smile will not be so eager on his lips, and though the path is for a while the same, he will walk behind me now, when once, in the simplicity of our nonage, we walked together.” KnowsMenWantChildrenDoeEnoughTogetherGrowsWalksRaceBehindsClassBoysPathSimplicityLipsColourGood FriendSovereignManhoodBankersPenniesGrooveRacksFlippedPredestinedSoon Enough Author:Beryl Markham
“What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and color and class, he learns soon enough as he grows to see each man flipped inexorably into some predestined groove like a penny or a sovereign in a banker's rack.” KnowsMenWantChildrenDoeEnoughGrowsJusticeRaceClassColorDiversitySocial JusticeSovereignBankersPenniesGrooveRacksFlippedPredestinedSoon EnoughRace And Color Book:West with the Night Source: West with the Night
“The world grows bigger as the light leaves it. There are no boundaries and no landmarks. The trees and the rocks and the anthills begin to disappear, one by one, whisked away under the magical cloak of evening.” WorldLightGrowsDarkTreeRocksBiggerDisappearBoundariesEveningCloaksLandmarksNo Boundaries Book:West with the Night Source: West with the Night
