"Little soul, gentle and drifting, guest and companion of my body, now you will dwell below in pallid places, stark and bare; there you will abandon your play of yore. But one moment still, let us gaze together on these familiar shores, on these objects which doubtless we shall not see again....Let us try, if we can, to enter into death with open eyes..."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

#Eye Quotes #Play Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Cult writer. It's a weird term because it's complimentary but condescending at the same time.”
“This obsession with leadership... It's not neutral; it's American, this idea of the heroic leader who comes in on a white horse to save the day. I think it's killing American companies.”
“I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.”
“Why does Ian think I have to kiss you?”
“When you spin a globe and point to a city and actually go to that city, you build an allowance of missed opportunities on the back end.”
“Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.”
“The drinking of wine seems to me to have a moral edge over many pleasures and hobbies in that it promotes love of one's neighbor.”
“You must take a year off, one of these days, before youâ€™re old and tired and weighed down by responsibility. Go away somewhere, and read. Read all the important books. Educate yourself, then youâ€™ll see the world in a different way.”

Source : Helon Habila (2010). “Oil on Water”, p.181, Penguin UK

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