How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The early morning air of the African highlands is of such a tangible coldness and freshness that time after time the same fancy there comes back to you: you are not on earth but in dark deep waters, going ahead along the bottom of the sea. (3.8.10)
In this beautiful metaphor the air is likened to water, and the land becomes the ocean floor. Africa is such a different place for the Danish author that she might as well be on a submarine as riding in a car through the highlands.
Quote #5
Her in the highlands, when the long rains are over, and in the first week of June nights begin to be cold, we get the fireflies in the woods. (4.1.5)
You might think fireflies in June are a normal part of the delicious days of summer, but for the Baroness the sight of them was exciting enough for her to put down in her "Immigrant's Notebook" and she related them strongly to Africa.
Quote #6
Africa, in a second, grew endlessly big, and Denys and I, standing upon it, infinitely small. (4.8.36)
Hunting lions is no joke, and when the Baroness and Denys go out to try to shoot not one but two of the big cats things get real, real quick. This crazy image of Africa growing gigantically and the two characters shrinking, Alice-in-Wonderland-style, kind of reminds you what a wild world they've thrown themselves into.