"The greatest inventors are unknown to us. Someone invented the wheel - but who?"

“Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.”

Source : "Africa's cheetahs versus hippos". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2007.

“I can hear President Snow's voice in my head. 'On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the capital, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.”

“What the hell did we do to deserve this?”

Source : "BP’s Slick Greenwashing" by James Ridgeway, www.motherjones.com. May 4, 2010.

“I wanted each woman to be a rebellious Vashti, not an Esther.”

“When you are through changing, you are through.”

“Genuine bravery for a writer... It is about calmly speaking the truth when everyone else is silenced, when the truth cannot be expressed. It is about speaking out with a different voice, risking the wrath of the state and offending everyone, for the sake of the truth, and the writer's conscience.”

“If you have one true friend you have more than your share.”

“I fear nomads. I am afraid of them and afraid for them too.”

Source : Jane Auer Bowles (1978). “My sister's hand in mine: an expanded edition of the collected works of Jane Bowles”, Ecco Pr