Janvier Chouteu-Chando > Quotes

“The vicissitude of life teaches us about our limitations in a world with no guarantees and permanence.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Never give up the freeness of your soul. Live your duty to mankind, nurture creatures of this world as a true mother of the earth, but never shut your imagination off from those desires that distinguish you from the ordinary. Never allow yourself to be sapped of that extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“Today, president Paul Biya is presiding over a nation where more than 80% of its physicians are abroad, where more than 90% of its doctorate degree holders are abroad, where Cameroonians invest abroad more than at home, where Cameroonians are voting against the system with their feet;”
― Janvier Tchouteu, CAMEROON: The Haunted Heart of Africa

“Male writers who never find the stabilizing force of an understanding woman in their lives usually end up as the jaded figures of their days, the types who give much artistic expression to the world, but who are lonely in their overcrowded worlds of love.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“...No man is foolish when his friend betrays him because a man’s world is most serene when he has people to trust and call friends. After all, is it not often said that a friend is another self?”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper and Other Stories

“A good relationship with our children is the ultimate comfort we have while dying.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“When singers, actors or artists touch on sorrow, they are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows. The job of the singer, actor or artists ,in general, is to make us comfortable with our feelings or emotions―be it pain, hurt, anger, hatred, sadness, pleasure, love, cheerfulness or joy.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“At what point is normal natural?”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“We love out of compassion, passion or a sense of commitment.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“What is there in this big wide world for a man to talk about with certainty besides his homeland, home and family?”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“A nationalist will blindly follow his country to his death out of love for it. A patriot will stand up for and even against his country to his death out of love for it.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Flash of the Sun

“…a writer, like most artists, needs a partner who can act as the fuel to his artistic mind and soul, yet has the great ability to sober him up and help him be in sync with the non-artistic part of his soul.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Where else can we find happiness for a day other than from something that can offer momentary relief, something like the booze?”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“...Bad leaders are known to destroy one, more or even all of the foundations of their people’s way of life...”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper and Other Stories

“The masses often let themselves down and even those at the forefront who are hoisting the flag of the cause that is intended to alleviate their miseries. However, they do not do so out of wickedness or malice. Often times, they betray their interests out of incomprehension, docility and resignation to the status quo. In a subtle way, the masses often end up collaborating with those oppressing them.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Fire and Ice Legend

“A man has a hard time feeling fulfilled when he lives a life that does not serve a purpose that is more than himself.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“He learned...never to show his anger or hatred against a stronger adversary, for fear of being crushed.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Triple Agent, Double Cross

“There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

“A man’s true world should be the space and people that enrich his soul,”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune

“Take a stand that reflects the widest horizons of your soul if you don’t want to be a slave to external powers.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“In today’s world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Love has no color, love has no language and love has no religion.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“Home is supposed to be a place of security, the last resort of refuge.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune

“We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“The basis of love that most people share is the intimacy they developed with their partners, the intensity of their attraction, or the similarity of their thought patterns,”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“Never go for someone that represents something that is more of a fantasy than reality in this crazy world of lonely people, unless it is for the shortest time possible, and unless you have clearly figured out an exit strategy.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Me Before Them

“A revolutionary who is out to defeat his enemies could use their weapons, but not their rules.”
― Janvier Chouteu-Chando, Disciples of Fortune