"They themselves mocked Africa, trading stories of absurdity, of stupidity, and they felt safe to mock, because it was a mockery born of longing, and of the heartbroken desire to see a place made whole again."

-- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#Heartbroken Quotes #Stupidity Quotes #Desire Quotes

“It's normal to gain weight during pregnancy. It's something that has to happen to your body.”
“Awareness is something apart from, and different from, all that of which we are aware: thoughts, emotions, images, sensations, desires and memory. Awareness is the ground in which the mind's contents manifest themselves; they appear in it and disappear once again.”
“Darwinism is dynamic. It is about change, not stasis; about process, not pattern; about tales, not tableaux; about becoming, not being.”

Source : Henry Gee (1999). “In Search of Deep Time: Beyond the Fossil Record to a New History of Life”, p.136, Cornell University Press
“The light of the Christmas star to you. The warmth of home and hearth to you. The cheer and goodwill of friends to you. The hope of a child-like heart to you. The joy of a thousand angels to you. The love of the Son and God's peace to you.”

Source : Sherryl Woods (2011). “An O'Brien Family Christmas”, p.213, Harlequin
“The best songs are stories, and the best singers storytellers. Great singers can make you care about what they're feeling. You have a sense of knowing them.”
“You pay your money, you take your choice. I get the audience my language attracts and I lose the ones it repels.”
“It's no secret that this is the only place I've ever wanted to work. When people ask me where I went to school, I tell them WWE University.”
“Art as language....in the future there will only be art. This common language will carry the message of love.”

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