Kinshasa Time Quotes & Sayings

The dead do not
become stars or ghosts.
in fact, they are
hardly undone.
Soon their randomly
dispersed parts
reappear one
by one on
foreign hosts-
the beloved ear
or freckled arm,
separate as a
milagro or bracelet
charm. It is not
grotesque, though
odd. Even a piece
does us some good.
Charms — Kay Ryan

He was deader than a shrunken head at a Hackey Sack festival. — Scott Adams

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset. — Jean-Claude Juncker

In every age "the good old days" were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. — Brooks Atkinson

Among other words used in ordinary conversation, [Francis of Assisi] could never hear "the love of God" without a kind of transformation within himself. For immediately upon hearing "the love of God," he would become excited, stirred, and inflamed, as though an inner chord of his heart had been plucked by the plectrum of the outward voice of the speaker ... . "The love of him," he said, "who loved us much is much to be loved."1 - Thomas of Celano,The Second Life of Saint Francis — Pope Francis

He who feels punctured
Must once have been a bubble,
He who feels unarmed
Must have carried arms,
He who feels belittled
Must have been consequential,
He who feels deprived
Must have had privilege. — Lao-Tzu

I can usually find my own way out of whatever dicey literary or linguistic situations I wander into, but I have to work much harder at the science. — Kathryn Schulz

I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city. — Magic Johnson

I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails than two. I did it for convenience and I now looking back think that it might have been smarter to have those two devices from the very beginning. — Hillary Clinton

You all want to know what is my dream? Very simple. To walk along the beach, holding the hand of my lover. — Michelle Bachelet