Quote by Paul Theroux Download Open image ““Africa had been deliverance for me, a liberating embrace and an opportunity.”” — Paul Theroux ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Africa is a land of dreams and memories. It is rifts of remembrance stitched together with the sighs of time.” — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“In six harrowing weeks of travel I felt I had touched the heart of Africa and found it broken.” — Tim Butcher Copy Share Image
“...colonialism in Africa was inevitable since the fittest and most creative person was the one that would be destined to lead.” — S. A. David Copy Share Image
“placed my feet on African soil for the first time. For many years, I had wanted to travel to the continent, and the moment… — Nathan Cole Copy Share Image
“This epic is a humble appeal to this great continent, Africa: May we reclaim our rich and resplendent narrative; our foundation, our voice, our… — N.K . Read Copy Share Image
“Africans must change their mind and actions. The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards self liberation.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“People had warned me about the culture shock of going to Africa. Nothing prepared me for the culture shock of coming the other way.… — Richard Dowden Copy Share Image
“I am a new generation of Africans. We believe in the future role of that continent. We are convinced it has a destiny and… — Faith Adiele Copy Share Image
Let me plead with you, lovers of my Africa, to carry with you into the world the vision of a new Africa — Robert Sobukwe Copy Share Image
“I went to Africa to work. Finding myself and falling in love were not items on the agenda. Those were the stuff of daydreams,… — Jacqueline L. Scott Copy Share Image
I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“sightseeing, an activity that delights the truly idle because it seems so much like scholarship, gawping and eavesdropping on antiquity, flattering oneself with the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his style was… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image