"It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He too, is God's minister, And labors for some good By us not understood."

“Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.”

“Man's wobbly little mind isn't equipped for hauling around the great unknowns. Very few people realize, there's no point chasing after answers to life's important questions. They all have fickle, highly whimsical minds of their own. Nevertheless. If you're patient, if you don't rush them, when they're ready, they'll smash into you. And don't be surprised if afterward you're speechless and there are cartoon Tweety Birds chirping around your head. (Gareth van Meer)”

“You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.”

“If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.”

“We scarified a mosquito. I bet that's what did it. It was probably a virgin too.”

“So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools.”

“I had to tell Dad, 'It will be okay and be positive; keep praying and have faith'. I have always known about cancer, but to be around someone who has it and to see what it does in such a short space of time was hard. It makes you think about your life, about what is important.”

Source : "'There's more to life than football': Jermain Defoe bares his soul on matters of life, death and the beautiful game" by Martin Lipton, www.mirror.co.uk. September 4, 2012.

“I like a text that reminds the reader its a text sometimes.”