Adjei Mensah Quotes & Sayings

Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer-if ever I wished a righteous wish-I am rewarded now. To be your wife is, for me, to be as happy as I can be on earth.
Mr. Rochester: Because you delight in sacrifice.
Jane: Sacrifice! What do I sacrifice? Famine for food, expectation for content. To be privileged to put my arms round what I value-to press my lips to what I love-to repose on what I trust: is that to make a sacrifice? If so, then certainly I delight in sacrifice. — Charlotte Bronte

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly. — Amos Bronson Alcott

Such tensions without sense push us to formulate questions of meaning. — Elena Ferrante

He looks like shit, by the way. Hot shit, but shit nonetheless. - Anna Allen — S.C. Stephens

The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence. — Hannah More

When our emotions are engaged, we often have trouble seeing things as they are. — Robert Greene

See, that's the problem with putting too much stock in the old days. You remember all the GOOD stuff, but you forget about the time you got spanked by your best friend's mom. — Jeff Kinney

Floyd Skloot's Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one man's off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months of extreme vertigo and decades of neurological turbulence would be filled with so much joy and optimism? This gentle, wise, and perceptive memoir never fails to surprise. — Dinty W. Moore

Overall, I think that stereotyping is a useless thing that limits people and dooms them to repeat others' mistakes. We are all individuals with our own morals and abilities, and we should have the freedom to make our own paths without people prejudging us based on who our families are, the color of our skin — Gaby Rodriguez

When man created the mirror, he began to lose his soul. He became more concerned with his image than with his self. — Stephen R. Covey

Why did Americans smile so often? Was it out of politeness or because of a gay disposition? Whatever it was, I for one had never been spoiled with smiles. I found it very pleasant! ... I was beginning to understand that with Americans smiling was, as with healthy infants, a natural need. And my reaction was to respond in the same way. — Svetlana Alliluyeva