The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. - Wole Soyinka

We are the giants who bestride the world like a colossus, while others are mere mortals.

Then I slowly realised that your greatest art is the art of survival. But at least have the humility to let others survive in their own way.

Change was impossible to predict. A tempo, a mood would have settled over the house, over guests, relations, casual visitors, poor relations, 'cousins,' strays – all recognized within a tangible pattern of feeling – and then it would happen!