Alexander Amela

“This faulty light fitting at the front door with the dangerously flickering bulb looks rather festive. Who says I don't do Christmas?”
― R.D. Ronald

“The former burlesque queen waited for the man who’d make her his true queen.”
― Carol Strickland, The Eagle and the Swan

“The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.”
― Mark Twain

“I had covered wars in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq and elsewhere, but the work had started to feel routine. I wanted to leave the journalistic herd, to find a project that would both daunt and inspire me. Facing down the Congo was just such a project.”
― Tim Butcher, Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart