Resolution without routine is like a Ferrari without gas. . . it might look real good but it will get you no where.
Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.
Just move to the Internet, its great here. We get to live inside where the weather is always awesome.
We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreperably broken.
I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for independent bookstores.
You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world. . . but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.
The town was paper, but the memories were not.
I basically took something that was extremely erotic and very intentional, and I reduced it to a simple kiss. I got a lot of criticism for that.
What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of Africa that mean most to them. Perhaps what most typifies the Afropolitan consciousness is the refusal to oversimplify; the effort to understand what is ailing in Africa alongside the desire to honour what is wonderful, unique. Rather than essentialising the geographical entity, we seek to comprehend the cultural complexity; to honour the intellectual and spiritual legacy; and to sustain our parents’ cultures.
A deep truth is a truth so deep that not only is it true but it's exact opposite is also true.
Some people see what they want to see.