Ongea unachoweza kutenda.

Ongea na Mungu kimoyomoyo ili Shetani asisikie.

Mungu alitupa masikio mawili na ulimi mmoja. Tunatakiwa kusikiliza zaidi kuliko kuongea.

To be able to influence Tanzanian literature and African literature, and sell our books in Tanzania as well as in our continent, we need to be committed to what we do. And what we do is writing. Write as much as you can. Read as much as you can. Use the library and the internet carefully for research and talk to people, about things that matter. To make a living from writing, and make people read again in Tanzania and Africa; we must write very well, very good stories.

Ukila kiapo fanya kile ulichoahidi katika kiapo, si kinyume chake hata kidogo, hata kama dunia haitakubaliana na wewe.

Kama kuna swali maarufu kuliko yote katika kitabu cha 'Kolonia Santita' ni "Кто Вы, где Вы от, и почему Вы в Москве?" lililoulizwa na товарищи (Komredi) Anatoly-Chaika, baada ya kumfikisha Murphy katika 'dacha' ya Kolonia Santita ya Yugo Zapadnaya. Murphy hakumwelewa Chaika. Lakini mwenzake na Chaika (Vladimir) alipouliza kwa tafsiri, "Wewe ni nani, unatoka wapi, na unafanya nini Moscow?" Murphy alimwelewa na kucheka akiwa amenuna. Bila swali hilo asingeokoka.