Africa Quote by Alexandra Fuller

“Toasted tobacco, no additives,' I said. 'Yum. Tastes like childhood.”

— 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…

— Alexandra Fuller

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

I listen mostly to classical music.

— Alexandra Fuller

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

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

“How much strength must one people have? And for how long must they have it?”

— Alexandra Fuller

In general, I almost always watch foreign films.

— Alexandra Fuller

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

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

“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

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