Congo Kitabu Quotes

“Aata 'n-dapan ainei are nasarisyo- I have two skins, one to lie on and the other to cover myself with. What are they?

En-gop o eng-ai- The earth and the sky.
-Masai Riddle”
― Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu

“Hardy has said, "To the eyes of those who can see, to the hearts of those who can feel, to the minds of those who can think, Andre Hallet reveals himself and stands forward as an artist of the first rank, exceptionally gifted with a unique originality and a rare genius...”
― Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu

“Tomorrow morning," I had said; tomorrow morning it would have to be. Now, for the second time, I had committed myself, publicly given my word; I would have to keep it. That was the best possible antidote to the weakening poison of fear.”
― Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu

“Now my pockets were empty, and I was leaving the banal details of civilized life behind me to face the oldest and most basic of mankind's problems: the struggle for survival against the raw elements of nature. The forest lay before me, a dark, tangled labyrinth full of provocative questions. They had to be answered. And so I simply walked in.”
― Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu

“Steadily, as i drove, I felt myself growing weaker and weaker, I was very close now to the absolute limit of my endurance, but I kept going on, clutching at life with two fingers. Then, suddenly, a pair of elegant bushback loomed up in my headlights. I breaked, stopped and stared at them with a sort of pantheistic emotion. They were so beautiful, so innocent and so completely unaware of my own agony. They were wonder, and youth, and above all life, everything I was fighting to hold. They stared back with huge, incredulous eyes, then leaped to the side and vanished into the bush.”
― Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu

“Umushigisha inzoga uyifite, igihango kizakwica- If you have beer and you do not share it, may this pact kill you!”
― Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu

“Loud talk won't get you across the dangerous valley.”
― Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu