Quotes
Quotes from Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuściński
The best-known quotes from Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuściński — on the civil war in Angola, the solitude of the witness and the price of freedom.
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A selection of the best-known quotes from Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuściński — his report from Angola in 1975, a country consumed by civil war. Quotes on war, chaos and the solitude of the witness.
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Best-known quotes
“In war a man lives from day to day, because he does not know whether he will live to see the next one.” — Another Day of Life
“War is above all a great mess, in which it is hard to make sense of anything.” — Another Day of Life
“The price of a slave was set according to the quality of his teeth. People pulled their own teeth out or filed them down with stones so as to have a low market value. So much torment, just to be free.” — Another Day of Life