There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
There is a shock that comes so quickly and strikes so deep that the blow is internalized even before the skin feels it. The strike must first reach bone marrow, then ascend slowly to the brain where the slowpoke intellect records the deed.
The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.
The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it.[The African saying]
The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
The needs of a society determine its ethics.
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
The naturally lonely person does not look for comfort in love, but accepts the variables as due course.
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
