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Tchicaya U Tam'si
7 quotes
“The source is to the river like origin is to identity. The identity of an individual is not a given. It is as unstable and unpredictable as the course of a budding river searching for balance.”
Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'd rather run with the wind of history or lose myself in wine, it's revenge on the agony which always comes too soon. Stop fatalism.”
Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life is a conquest, not a reminiscence.”
Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You must be from my country, I can tell by the twitch of your eyelids and the way you always dance when you're sad.”
Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are like trees which carry one another's fruit. Thankfully when poets die, they fall on their backs with their bellies pointed to the stars.”
Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I mock those who boast of roots which cannot be seen... In short, I don't believe in roots any more than I believe in origins.”
Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the memory of man pride has been a vice.”
Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source