“It was their way of defying that tricky place Earth. That place will hurt you if you let it get the hop on you. They spooked the Earth spooks away with their stories. They whistled in the dark.”

“We are not interested in spookism which is what our spiritualism in Africa degenerated into. That is, invested in a spook estate up in the sky and paying little attention to real estate on this earth.”

“The more you try to be special, the more you get hurt. Just be, just melt and become part of the wind around you, the earth around you, become a part of everything. You’re here only for a while. At least when you’re in a place like this, where nobody is going to trample on you, let your defenses down.”

“Heaven on Earth is a choice you
must make, not a place you must find.”

“Its important to know stories. I felt the earth shift to make a place for you when you were born, and I came to tell you stories while you are young. And like me, you were born with a word on your tongue.”

“May you be turned every man of you into earth and water as you sit spiritless and inglorious in your places.”

“Safe in the womb of an everlasting night,
You find the darkness can give the brightest light.
Safe in your place deep in the earth,
That's when they'll know what you were really worth.”

“And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth.”

“You don't want to let go, but don't want to be hurt, either. It's not a great place to be but what can I tell you?”

“In the dark of the sun will you save me a place?
Give me hope, give me comfort, get me to a better place?”