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For me, literature is the place for all concerns. It is the act of reading, the act of writing and the act of engaging in deep reflection.

— Véronique Tadjo

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People do not necessarily need a sovereign, but they certainly need someone who embodies a higher idea of the nation.

I would say that although the monarchy has sometimes been challenged, it is nevertheless firmly rooted in the social fabric.

Many people have mistakenly believed that military coups can have a progressive aspect to them. This is because, in the face of the power grab, the option of legality is no longer possible.

African tradition of storytelling which gives me a great freedom of interpretation of our myths and legends, greatly inspires me.

You need to look at the place without emotion to be rational. What does this place have to offer? What does the other place have?.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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