I came to Mozambique in 1986, when I first became involved with Teatro Avenida - a theatre company that stages plays concerned with political and social issues. Henning Mankell More Quotes by Henning Mankell More Quotes From Henning Mankell I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost. Henning Mankell paradise learning doe Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth. Henning Mankell giving-up mean people People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow. Henning Mankell people-leaving shadow people We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time. Henning Mankell arguing Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening. Henning Mankell information-knowledge mistake people Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality. Henning Mankell dream opportunity reality You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow. Henning Mankell grows roots home Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss. Henning Mankell abyss branches life-is Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them. Henning Mankell able silence together Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no such thing as meaningless violence. Every violent act had a meaning for the person who committed it. Only when you dared accept this truth could you hope to turn society in another direction. Henning Mankell violent-acts country people An oppressed people will always rise. Henning Mankell oppressed people I am a very radical person - as radical now as I was when I was younger. So my books all have in common my search for understanding of the terrible world we are living in and ways to change it. Henning Mankell understanding book world Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe that the drops wear away the stone. I try to be part of that army. Henning Mankell army believe art I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that pinched your feet were a fact of life. Henning Mankell shoes feet facts Go to Mozambique! As long as you don't expect to find flawless infrastructure, just go. Because this is a country where people have not quite grown accustomed to tourists. You still feel a genuineness that no longer exists in countries where tourism has been industrially developed. Henning Mankell long country people Every secret we confide in another Henning Mankell burden persons secret To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child. Henning Mankell childhood growing-up children I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 1830 and 1848, when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information. Henning Mankell cyberspace technology important The stories I create are never as awful as reality. Henning Mankell awful stories reality I can still remember the miraculous feeling of writing a sentence, then more sentences, telling a story. The first thing I wrote was a one-page summary of Robinson Crusoe and I am so sorry I do not have it any more; it was at that moment I became an author. Henning Mankell sorry feelings writing
