"When I die, I want to see Malcom X, Lumumba, my father, and I want to be able to look them in the eye"

-- Femi Kuti

#Father Quotes #Eye Quotes

“The most striking feature if this map is the stark fat of the Two Roads. There is the road that leads to Life, and there is the road that leads to Death. There is Good, and there is Evil. There is Right and there is Wrong.”
“illness is regarded as a crime, and crime is regarded as illness ...”
“Get deep with me. Set your thoughts free.”
“This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough.”

Source : Dennis Lehane (2010). “Shutter Island”, p.65, Hachette UK
“You can fall in love and make love many times but there is only one bullet with your name etched on the side. And if you are lucky enough to be shot with that bullet then the wound never heals.”
“God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause.”
“I was off the scene for a while during the ska period and when I returned and joined the Treasure Isle studio, I came there with a different mood. The musicians picked up on that and we kept on going in that direction. The music became slower, which gave the bass player the time to play more notes. In 1965 I named it rocksteady. The first rocksteady song was 'Girl I've Got A Date'. That one was still a bit up-tempo, leaning towards ska. It turned the tide and made Treasure Isle the number one studio.”
“The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.”

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