Desairem Quotes & Sayings

A black African, she should have been able to fit without difficulty into a black African society, Senegal and the Ivory Coast both having experienced the same colonial power. But Africa is diverse, divided. The same country can change its character and outlook several times over, from north to south or from east to west. — Mariama Ba

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. - Buddha — Jay Crownover

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours. — Seneca The Younger

The public library my parents took me to in Fort Worth had the children's section next to the SF/F section, so I was reading adult SF/F at a very young age. — Martha Wells

This huge and terrible industry [the slave trade] was blessed by all churches and for a long time aroused absolutely no religious protest ... In the eighteenth century, a few dissenting Mennonites and Quakers in America began to call for abolition, as did some freethinkers like Thomas Paine. — Christopher Hitchens

God is a dark night to man in this life. — John Of The Cross

For the most expensive way to realize an orgasm, men open their wallets. For the cheapest, they close their eyes. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Macon: "It's true. And if that doesn't work, use the Jedi Mind Trick. But only if you really have to."
Halley: "The what?"
Macon: "The Jedi Mind Trick." He looked at me. "Didn't you ever see Star Wars? — Sarah Dessen

I had been wrong when I said Liza McCullen wasn't beautiful: when she smiled she was stunning. — Joanna Noelle Levesque

A person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip a genius in society, if that person has focused goals. — Brian Tracy