Beginnings are very elusive things, almost as elusive as true endings. - Jenni Williams

Judging by the constellations just starting to glint into life, the scent of the wind and the texture of the earth... I would say we're precisely in the middle of nowhere.

It's always the same with family, Wydrin reflected. You spend your life consumed with guilt that you're letting them down somehow, and then when you meet up with them you can't wait to get away again.

In Africa, women are regarded as second class citizens and women like me who ‘don’t know their place’ are also a target.