They made me think. Everything has to fight to live. Rats work very hard. If we are not careful they will inherit the earth. - Ben Okri

I mean we desperately wanted to be in love with something or other. We were lonely people. It seemed more sensible to fall in love with another person who also wanted to fall in love, than to love a chair or a cat or an idea.

The clearing was the beginning of an expressway. Building companies had levelled the trees. In places the earth was red. We passed a tree that had been felled. Red liquid dripped from its stump as if the tree had been a murdered giant whose blood wouldn’t stop flowing.

Understanding is a pure glass of water. All great truths have no taste. Hints of sweetness are coloured by the need for amazement.