Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind. Mia Couto More Quotes by Mia Couto More Quotes From Mia Couto Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories. Mia Couto atoms cells stories He who seeks eternity should look at the sky, he who seeks the moment, should look at the cloud. Mia Couto sky clouds looks Our official histories of our countries and societies are made of forgetfulness. Mia Couto forgetfulness made country Love is a territory where orders can't be issued. Mia Couto territory love-is order I was eleven years old when I saw a woman for the first time, and I was seized by such sudden surprise that I burst into tears. Mia Couto saws tears years