Quotes by gg

“Written words can also sing.”

“According to Kants late work on the Principles of Politics (1793), the irreducible problem of the human species is the following: the human being is an animal and thus, to live peacefully with othe...”

“Life doesn't happen to you, it happens FROM you.”

“Does rough weather choose men over women? Does the sun beat on men, leaving women nice and cool?' Nyawira asked rather sharply. 'Women bear the brunt of poverty. What choices does a woman have in l...”

“Truth never dies.”

“If only these walls could talkthe world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyones a liar.”

“What Waringa tried hard to avoid was looking at the pictures of the walls and windows of the church. Many of the pictures showed Jesus in the arms of the virgin Mary or on the cross. But others dep...”

“As she stared at them, Waringa noted that their skins were indeed red, like that of pigs or like the skin of a black person who has been scalded with boiling water or who has burned himself with ac...”

“[We're] going to change the world. One day they'll write about us. You'll see.”

“It's a funny thing, how much time we spend planning our lives. We so convince ourselves of what we want to do, that sometimes we don't see what we're meant to do.”

“Do ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

“Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord it over a continent ten times its size? Why does needy Afric...”

“In the agricultural age, women conceived younger and had many more children because children were economic assets as workers on the farm. In the postindustrial age, children are emotional assets bu...”

“To create reality, focus beyond the outcome, as if it has already happened.”

“Luckily for me, I loved books. Books can enlighten but can also benight, but at least one can play one off against another.”

“Truth is the irony of fate.”

“Belief in yourself is more important than endless worries of what others think of you. Value yourself and others will value you. Validation is best that comes from within.”

“This is what storytelling gets you. You make things up that aren't real, and then get upset when they don't turn out as expected.”

“Look at me closely. Ask yourself: Do I look scared?”

“To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us.”