Bastarde Hawk Quotes & Sayings

Four years in England had filled Obi with a longing to be back in Umuofia. This feeling was sometimes so strong that he found himself feeling ashamed of studying English for his degree. He spoke Ibo whenever he had the least opportunity of doing so. Nothing gave him greater pleasure than to find another Ibo-speaking student in a London bus. But when he had to speak in English with a Nigerian student from another tribe he lowered his voice. It was humiliating to have to speak to one's countryman in a foreign language, especially in the presence of the proud owners of that language. They would naturally assume that one had no language of one's own. He wished they were here today to see. Let them come to Umuofia now and listen to the talk of men who made a great art of conversation. Let them come and see men and women and children who knew how to live, whose joy of life had not yet been killed by those who claimed to teach other nations how to live. — Chinua Achebe

I've won, and Hayden is my weapon. — Lily Paradis

Anyone who has had the good fortune of spending time with the infinite silence of the trees, will acknowledge their wisdom. — Loretta Lost

I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it would come off. — Donald Ray Pollock

Be proud of your people when you don't have to be ashamed of any of its social classes. — Adolf Hitler

The needs of the people around you should your utmost priority — Sunday Adelaja

Even for survivors, now, there is nothing but roles. Like a bizarre reversal of animals playing dead, we are expected to act alive when we are dead inside. There is nowhere for the truth of one's feelings. — Phyllis Edgerly Ring

We're supposed to be perfect our first day on the job and then show constant improvement. — Ed Vargo

Think of how much more time and energy we would have to focus on other things that matter if we weren't so busy surviving. — Rebecca Solnit