Chigozie Offor Quotes & Sayings

Reading a good long novel is in many ways like having a long and satisfying affair — Stephen King

Cannot go with these, for I have not tested them. — Anonymous

Swept yer chimney!" D howled. "Aw shit, that is fuckin' rich! — Jane Seville

A Place in the Forest On the way there a pair of startled wings clattered up, that was all. You go there alone. There is a tall building which consists entirely of cracks, a building which is perpetually tottering but can never collapse. The thousand-fold sun floats in through the cracks. In this play of light an inverted law of gravity prevails: the house is anchored in the sky and whatever falls, falls upwards. You can turn round there. There you are allowed to grieve. You can dare to see certain old truths which are otherwise kept packed, in storage. The roles I have, deep down, float up there, hang like the dried skulls in the ancestral cabin on some out-of-the-way Melanesian islet. A childlike aura round the gruesome trophies. So mild it is, in the forest. — Tomas Transtromer

With you, intimacy colors my voice. Even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'. — Warsan Shire

And often, glad no more, We wear a face of joy because We have been glad of yore. — William Wordsworth

One must see God in everyone. — Catherine Laboure

I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them. — James Dyson

The actors feel very free. The actor, he doesn't need to think about where the camera is, he just has to focus on what he's doing and forget the camera. The camera is never in the perfect position, and I think this is what keeps this feeling of reality. The frame is not perfect. — Fernando Meirelles

I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. — Chuck Mangione

I had a terrible manager once who described my career as 'spiraling downward.' — Rickie Lee Jones

One day, everyone stopped over-thinking. We started thinking just as much as we should, and not any more than necessary. There was no more misunderstandings whatsoever. Minor disagreements were forgotten, not turned into proof of larger things. Trivial errors of speech or judgement were just as important as items on the breakfast menu: you chose waffles and I chose eggs and it was a god damn miracle. — Amelia Gray

But on the upside, I guess we're getting ready to find out if you really only love me for my jet."
"I might love you for your jet," Gabrielle said, straight-faced.
He smiled a Kat. "What about you?"
"Yeah," Kat said, nodding. "I guess that is the question. — Ally Carter

Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward. — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov