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Quotes by Rwandan Authors
"You never know what you will write until you write it."
"A humble heart, a friendly look, a smile on the face is really what you need to break the ice, not a very big axe."
"It's a harrowing experience to see death approaching in haste towards you, what is hell but confronting your own mortality."
"Write it as you see in your own perspective, you may be right or wrong but then what, that's how you see it."
"The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself."
"Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach."
"All you need to be recognized as an authority is to be recognized by a recognized authority."
"If you think you can't, you're wrong and right."
"Once you are in power, never forget those who put you there. Deal with those who think they can do better than you and those who think you are god's representative on earth. Deal with each other according to his actions."
"Then nothing became something, and I was born, and I wrought great havoc in the world in the time allotted to me, and I returned to nothingness."
"In order to protect their good names for posterity, many writers never wrote what they thought or the truth as it stood. That's why truth still lies hidden in matters of power, sex and religion. No wonder they chose to do so, many who dared paid with their heads."
"Conscience is the parliament in our mind. It depends on who holds the majority."
"Life is like water in a glass. Drop by drop the glass empties."
"When you finally understand the meaning of life, you come to the conclusion it has none after all."
"Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold like death."
"We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more than others. Writers are explorers."
"No holy book is more inspired than the other. They are all inspired according to their gods."
"You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things you like to talk about, that's your area of expertise."
"Today almost everybody is a writer, the enormous publish button on blogs and websites begs you everywhere to click on it! And bam you are a writer. To hell with agents and publishing houses and rejection letters. Immortality for you is on the click of a mouth! We are advancing at the speed of light! You can become an author at 140 characters. To hell with long winding sentences and long hours of scratching the head, the immortals of today instantly get a "like" and they instantly enter the pantheon! They seat side by side Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, St Paul, Buddha, Martin Luther, Rousseau, Bangambiki."
"My gut instinct is that these heavens and hells exist nowhere else except in our hearts and minds."
"I live nearby a graveyard, that's where I get all my inspiration for wisdom and life."
"I am going and I don't know where I am going. I leave you searching for answers. When I get there, if there is any way to come back either spiritually or physically or through a revelation, I will let you know what I have experienced. Of course some will not believe me or the one I send."
"Writing is all about self-expression, we want to speak up, to get it off our chest. Whether we make an impact or not that is not for us to decide."
"Keep running; keep dreaming, keep alive the flame of hope; defeat and despair will not catch up with you."
"I came looking for life and I found you."
"She has the care of a mother, the love of a sister, a prostitute in bed. Who is she?"
"At the end of the day you are your own lawmaker."
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