"When you can see the end of things even in their beginnings, there's no more hope, unless you want to pretend, or forget, or get drunk or something."

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Source : Ayi Kwei Armah (1988). “The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born”, p.61, Heinemann

Ayi Kwei Armah

#Hope Quotes #Drunk Quotes #Want Quotes

“A man in Mali told me that there are seven senses. Everyone has five, some can use their sixth. But not everyone has the seventh. It is the power to heal with music, calm with color, to soothe the sick soul with harmony. He told me that I have this gift, and I know what I have to do with it.”
“I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians.”
“I get really grinchy right up until Christmas morning.”
“For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.”
“Dancing well is the best revenge”
“I've always been down to try out new things, but I was more of a jeans girl at age 17. I didn't want to show my legs. Now, I'm a dress-shirt girl, a shorts girl, a jeans girl, an overalls girl - I'll wear anything!”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“Metal musicians say dumb things sometimes.”
“The world is a wheel always turning.”

Source : Anzia Yezierska (1979). “The open cage: an Anzia Yezierska collection”

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