Dambudzo Marechera Best Quotes & Sayings

THE old man died beneath the wheels of the twentieth century. There was nothing left but stains, bloodstains and fragments of flesh ... And the same thing is happening to my generation. — Dambudzo Marechera

She had been to her Great-Aunt Willoughby's before, and she knew exactly what to expect. She would be asked about her lessons, and how many marks she had, and whether she had been a good girl. I can't think why grownup people don't see how impertinent these questions are. Suppose you were to answer:
"I'm the top of my class, auntie, thank you, and I am very good. And now let us have a little talk about you, aunt, dear. How much money have you got, and have you been scolding the servants again, or have you tried to be good and patient, as a properly brought up aunt should be, eh, dear?"
Try this method with one of your aunts next time she begins asking you questions, and write and tell me what she says. — E. Nesbit

When all else fails, don't take it in silence: scream like hell, scream like Jericho was tumbling down, serenaded by a brace of trombones, scream — Dambudzo Marechera

Satiated with the great purposelessness of it, we gently belched nerve gases into the next generation — Dambudzo Marechera

Actors can make five movies a year. A director can make one movie, every two years. It's a whole different level of commitment and of sweat equity, and therefore there's a direct correlation to passion. — Joseph McGinty Nichol

If you are a writer for a specific nation or a specific race, then fuck you. — Dambudzo Marechera

One would think it would be most unwise in a man to be afraid of a skeleton, since Nature has set curious and quite insuperable obstacles to his running away from it. — G.K. Chesterton

I used to like wolves; they always arrived so
Punctually in sheep's clothing at the mortuary
To be prepared for burial by my father who
Showered his wrath on my mother with blows
From his fists at night; this warrior, this Lord — Abigail George

Just because I have shoes on is no sign that I am walking. — Eugene Blase

By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man — John Calvin

If you take 100 breast-cancer samples, 100 types of cancer have 100 different hallmarks of mutated genes. You could be nihilistic and say, 'Oh, God, we'll never be able to tackle this!' But there are deep, systematic, organizational principles at work in all that diversity. — Siddhartha Mukherjee

Don't fall into the trap of thinking about politics in your workplace too much. Just work hard, be cheerful, ignore distractions. — Mindy Kaling