"Evil is not what we should fear. Creatures with power acting in their own interest: that is what should make us shudder." - Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

"Mankind I believe in you." - Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks.

"Our talk is of illness, sister. To get fully cured one needs patience. The moon moves slowly but by daybreak it crosses the sky. Keep on drinking the medicine; one day you will see change. Patience." - Ola Rotimi, The Gods Are Not To Blame

"Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined." - Toni Morrison, Beloved

"We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction." - Suzanne Collins, The Mockingjay