Inspektur Jenderal Kementerian Quotes & Sayings

The Church in the colonies is the white people's Church, the foreigner's Church. She does not call the native to God's ways but to the ways of the white man, of the master, of the oppressor. — Frantz Fanon

I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it. — Mark Twain

Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble. — Idries Shah

I mean, I think it's hard enough to find somebody you can stand for more than ten minutes, so, like, you shouldn't narrow your options. — Ani DiFranco

I quote Frank O'Connor to my students: that when you are writing a story, at some point the story must take over. You are not going to be able to control it. I think this is true. O'Connor said he thought Joyce controls his stories too tightly - "Whoever heard of a Joyce story taking over?" he asked - and that there is a deadness about them. You have got to keep the story opened up, let the story take over at some point. — Peter Taylor

Badgers swarm out of the sand;
Talk and walk, don't run or stand.
Pritaries bite and bite again;
Kick and shout and run like wind."

Payne checked the small clock again. "Aye," he cut in. "Black Wolf never did get that last verse right. What she should have said was, 'Pritaries like to bite your ass; best to run away real fast. — Tara K. Harper

Just kidding, I've been very athletic all my life. — Kiana Tom

In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole. — George Eliot

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself. — Benedict Cumberbatch

What's that?" said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of shellfish stew that stood beside a large steak-and-kidney pudding.
"Bouillabaisse," said Hermione.
"Bless you," said Ron.
"It's French," said Hermione. — J.K. Rowling