"Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness."

“Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.”

“I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.”

“The ancient God created the old man, capable of erring--thus he erred himself.”

“Just as I have insisted on his worth, he has always insisted on my strength, insisted that my capacity is greater than I believe. And I know, without being told, that's what love does, when it's right-it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be. This is right.”

“Behind every rational and irrational force in human society there is a social mechanism which determines where it is to appear and what forms it is to take.”

Source : Karl Mannheim (2013). “Man & Soc Age Reconstructn”, p.65, Routledge

“When you are alone - at sea, in the polar dark - an absence can keep you alive. The one you love maintains your mind. But when she's merely across the city, this is an absence that eats you to the bone.”

Source : Anne Michaels (2009). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.55, A&C Black

“The most time I spent home in 2009 was about a month.”

Source : "Complex MP3 Premiere: Theophilus London "Oops" (+ Bonus Interview)". Complex Interview, www.complex.com. April 16, 2010.

“Some foreign investors accuse us of being unfair to shareholders by using our resources for community development. Yes, this is money that could have made for dividend payouts, but it also is money that's uplifting and improving the quality of life of people in the rural areas where we operate and work. We owe them that.”