Ayomide Folorunso Quotes & Sayings

If the creek predates the city deep in time, then is it right to identify the creek solely with the city? The city has forgotten the creek, as it's forgotten those who walk its side, but the creek didn't need to be known all that long time before the city ever was. Maybe now Hogan's Creek is too steeped in history to claim an independence grounded in prehistory, because the city has too deeply poisoned it for far too long. Then again, there was all that time the creek flowed and had no name. Without a name you belong solely to yourself. — Tim Gilmore

There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant. — Ingrid Bergman

Lord, make me see thy glory in every place. — Michelangelo

What I'm trying to do right now is truly answer my most deepest most unarticulated questions for myself through my writing in some form. — Karan Bajaj

Winners lose more often than losers lose. — William Cranch Bond

Venice was always one step removed from what was going on. If you were in Turin or in Milan or one of the industrial centers, you would have had a much more active political constituency. Venice essentially lived for itself. — Joseph Kanon

If you have anything to say, shut up! — Frank McCourt

Somewhere, years ago, she had stepped off the path of life and could no longer find her way back to the family of people. — Colson Whitehead

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control. — John Wooden