I think that being raised the way I was, where everything was so uncompromising, where, you know, we're prepared to fight to… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me.… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
It seems very clear to me that we, in the West, cannot afford to continue assuming propriety over the world's resources in… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I write and I read, and I write and read my way into and out of ideas and life. And that's what… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
Being a writer but also having been raised the way I was, I tend to turn to books for answers. — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
It's a long day's drive any way you look at it. With a man who has taken your sins - real and… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
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… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
You can have an intense connection to someone without being a good, lifelong mate for him. Love is complicated and difficult that… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
There aren't enough doctors in Africa. Those who choose to become doctors here don't do it for the money or because they… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I look around and pay attention to what around me is not being talked about, and then I talk about it with… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
“Toasted tobacco, no additives,' I said. 'Yum. Tastes like childhood.” — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
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… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
In the West, it was believed that attitude and ambition saved you. In Africa, we had learned that no one was immune to capricious… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
What is important is the story. Because when we are all dust and teeth and kicked-up bits of skin - when we're dancing with… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
“How much strength must one people have? And for how long must they have it?” — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I think that being raised the way I was, where everything was so uncompromising, where, you know, we're prepared to fight to the death… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
This is not a full circle. It's life carrying on. It's the next breath we all take. It's the choice we make to get… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
“The schools wear the blank faces of war buildings, their windows blown blind by rocks or guns or mortars. Their plaster is an acne… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
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… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
