"You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'"

-- Wole Soyinka

#Disappointment Quotes #Shame Quotes #Bigs Quotes

“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”
“My garden all is overblown with roses,/ My spirit all is overblown with rhyme,”
“Not knowing that we can be loved for who we truly are prevents us from trusting in love itself, and this in turn causes us to turn away from life and doubt its benevolence.”

Source : John Welwood (2005). “Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart”, p.9, Shambhala Publications
“Let's take our babies home and abide by the curfew. I want to thank you for understanding that we want to bring peace.”
“The language of freedom-fighting was so co-opted by the baby boomers in order to express their now-hopelessly compromised ideologies that no other generation could emulate it without a smirk. This has created an apathetic generation in the West, with young people no longer distinguishing between the old order and the new.”

Source : "I celebrate the defiance in Pussy Riot's eyes" by Romola Garai, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2013.
“I want to savor the aging process. As you get older, you trade your innocence for wisdom and the wisdom is your reward.”
“At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.”
“I would never say, "I'm retired." I believe if I decided to just not work, in six months everybody would just forget whether you were working or not.”

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