27 quotes found
“If everyone helps to hold up the sky, then one person does not become tired.”
“it ain't as hard as picking cotton”
“It would be better not to know so many things than to know so many things that are not so.”
“I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've been trained to write, I do that as a defense against total despair....”
“The chaos of their voices registers as a single, overwhelming force cutting off her ability to reason, and all she wants is to get as far away from people as possible.”
“Names are powerful and are prophecies of the future. The name you are called is a sign of what you are and what you would become.”
“I have decided to take on the biggest in my opinion challenge facing Christianity today. Which unfortunately is largely seen in the African continent and other developing countries. This challenge ...”
“...anyone still attempting to argue that Ebonics is a problem for black students or that it is somehow connected to a lack of intelligence or lack of desire to achieve is about as useful as a Betam...”
“The small Chinese man sank onto the plush leather sofa. He sank so low on the large brown sofa, it looked like it would swallow him whole. He sat, clutching his briefcase close to his chest, his al...”
“As Zhao ducked, he sneaked a blow aimed at Homwes stomach. Homwe groaned in surprise and confusion shocked at his opponents speed and strength. He quickly drew a handgun from under his jacket and ...”
“Christopher's heart bled that night and he could not sleep. Deborah who used to call him numerous times in a day and send countless messages was now not answering his calls. And she never called him.”
“The problem was not an issue of availability because there were African girls everywhere. Christopher met them in church, in bars and in the cafeteria on the ground floor of the Sir Duncan Rice lib...”
“The feeling, all encompassing, safe and warm like a blanket permanently draped over her shoulders, follows her around. She takes it into the shower, to meals with her mother and sister, to work as ...”
“Kukurukuuu, our big rooster crowed as usual and it nearly put me off my sleep. My eyes were neither open nor close. In trying to go back to sleep I rolled to both sides on my small wooden bed, cove...”
“Look at the truth from how it stands, not where it comes from. The truth is still the truth no matter whether it is spoken by an Indian, an American, a Chinese, an European, an African or an Austra...”
“Someone is pounding on a door within you and hoping for an answer. They want to tell us the secret tale of ourselves. The stories weve never told. Some African tribes believe if you were to tell so...”
“What the new government of Nigeria and other African governments must do, is to start a massive reorientation campaign in the culture of the dignity of labour.”
“Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks.”
“Some people in orthodox churches in Africa take poverty as a path that leads to heaven, making christianity look unattractive.”
“She was tall and dark-skinned and looked like a Nigerian sculpture. She moved like a lioness, her every step bristling with suppressed violence.”
