How horribly rapid everything has been, from the days when men were not ashamed to talk of souls and of suffering and of hope to these low days of smiles that will never again be sly enough to hide the knowledge of betrayal and deceit.
True, I used to see a lot of hope. I saw men tear down the veils behind which the truth had been hidden. But then the same men, when they have power … - Ayi Kwei Armah
True, I used to see a lot of hope. I saw men tear down the veils behind which the truth had been hidden. But then the same men, when they have power …
- Ayi Kwei Armah
Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither sk… - Ayi Kwei Armah
Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither sk…
I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've been trained to writ… - Ayi Kwei Armah
I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've been trained to writ…
The present is where we get lost - if we forget our past and have no vision of the future - Ayi Kwei Armah
The present is where we get lost - if we forget our past and have no vision of the future
The beauty was in the waking of the powerless. Is it always to be true that it is impossible to have things strong and at the same time beautiful? Th… - Ayi Kwei Armah
The beauty was in the waking of the powerless. Is it always to be true that it is impossible to have things strong and at the same time beautiful? Th…
A mind attacked and conquered is guided easily away from the paths of its own soul. - Ayi Kwei Armah
A mind attacked and conquered is guided easily away from the paths of its own soul.
Poets are band leaders who have failed. - Ayi Kwei Armah
Poets are band leaders who have failed.
The sand looked so beautiful then, so many little individual grains in the light of the night, giving the watcher the childhood feeling of infinite t… - Ayi Kwei Armah
The sand looked so beautiful then, so many little individual grains in the light of the night, giving the watcher the childhood feeling of infinite t…
When you can see the end of things even in their beginnings, there's no more hope, unless you want to pretend, or forget, or get drunk or something. - Ayi Kwei Armah
When you can see the end of things even in their beginnings, there's no more hope, unless you want to pretend, or forget, or get drunk or something.
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