Africa Quote by Joseph Conrad

“I found myself back in the sepulchral city resenting the sight of people hurrying through the streets to filch a little money from each…

— Joseph Conrad

“During my lunch hour, which I spent on a bench in a nearby park, the waitresses would come and sit beside me talking at…

— Richard Wilbur

“I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the…

— Roman Payne

“Some mornings I walked out into the courtyard and every living thing there, the seagulls and wagtails, the small trees, and even the stray…

— Nelson Mandela

“Memories haunted me often and prevented my mind from settling soon. I had to choose a hard path for bread, while the dilemma began…

— Nithin Purple

“Something was unfurling within me from behind the fear of societal expectation. Something true and deep. A part of my soul I'd always known…

— Natasha Boyd

“I left the apartment without even bothering to close the door behind me. Once outside, I faced a world of buildings and faces that…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“The city blew the windows of my brain wide open. But being in a place so bright, fast and brilliant made you vertiginous with…

— Hanif Kureishi

“For the next thirteen-plus hours, I stared out the window at the passing towns and countryside. All those lives. All those untold stories and…

— Kate Klise

“ I spent my day as I normally spend my days: threatening suppliers, bullying those who are not in line with my expectations, and…

— Courtney Milan

“I may have smiled to myself as I watched the familiar pattern of the town pass, the bus cruising through shade to sunshine. I'd…

— Emma Cline

“I wanted so much when I was young. I was an endless abyss of want, of need of desperate dreams for myself that defied…

— Nicole Baart