Mia Couto

"Se a cidade se fez minha foi, em grande parte, porque nessa altura eu andava a pé. A cidade era minha enquanto calcorreava as sombreadas ruas e tomava posse dos passeios atapetados do lilás que tombava dos jacarandás."

("But if the city became mine, this was largely because at that time I went on foot. The city was mine while I tramped along its shady streets, and took possession of its pavements carpeted with the petals that fell from the jacarandas.")