"So get up, get, get get down 911 is a joke in yo town"

“Cohesion means respectful diversity, which is about much more than the weak-kneed tolerance.”

“It grew late. Through the open door, stealthily, came the scent of madonna lilies, almost as if it were prowling abroad.”

“I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.”

Source : "Five Questions with Hollywood Rookie Dayo Okeniyi on 'The Hunger Games'". Interview with Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. March 21, 2012.

“I believe technology should give us superpowers. Everyone should have the opportunity to learn to think, analyze, and create with technology.”

“The perfect critic is one ... that sees with the eyes of posterity.”

“It is often easier to justify one's self to others than to respond to the secret doubts that arise in one's own bosom.”

Source : Margaret Oliphant Oliphant (1880). “He that will not when he may”

“Man is afraid to attain what he longs for, just as subconsciously he longs for what he is afraid of.”

“I don't think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn't someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven't, I claim the credit myself.)”