“I had chosen freedom, with all its insecurities, and nothing in the world would make me turn away from it.”

“I would have to confess that in the land of the toubabu, I had managed to save only myself.”

“I wouldn't wish beauty on any woman who has not her own freedom, and who chooses not the hands that claim her.”

“To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.”

“Love is not an emotion. It is your very existence.”

“The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon ...”