Mabanckou Black Quotes & Sayings

No aacomplishments are important than self realization of self satisfaction. — Santosh Kalwar

Good thing you're not writing the press release. — Adam Schiff

No evil ever came from a woman's womb that wasn't placed there first by a man.' ... Tantie Neptune, Lucifer's Key by Charles A. Cornell, due 2013 — Charles A. Cornell

I wish we may learn from all our changes, to be sober and watchful, not to rest in grace received, in experience or comforts, but still to be pressing forward, and never think ourselves either safe or happy, but when we are beholding the glory of Christ by the light of faith in the glass of the Gospel. To view him as God manifest in the flesh, as all in all in himself, and all in all for us; this is cheering, this is strengthening, this makes hard things easy, and bitter things sweet. This includes all I can wish for my dear friends, that you may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of Jesus. To know him, is the shortest description of true grace; to know him better, is the surest mark of growth in grace; to know him perfectly, is eternal life. This is the prize of our high calling; the sum and substance of all we can desire or hope for is, to see him as he is, and to be like him: and to this honor and happiness he will surely bring all that love his name.81 — Tony Reinke

Charity, till then, had been conscious only of a vague self-disgust and a frightening physical distress; now, of a sudden, there came to her the grave surprise of motherhood. — Edith Wharton

Semper fuckin' fi — Kristen Ashley

I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books ... I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever had would have thought that this would be going on right now. — Gary Vaynerchuk

The absence of disease is not health. — Shawn Achor

Zen is the only religion in the world that teaches sudden enlightenment. It says that enlightenment takes no time, it can happen in a single, split second. — Rajneesh

I have tried to be as eclectic as I possibly can with my professional life, and so far it's been pretty fun. — Roland Barthes

From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity. — Albert Schweitzer

When Gertrude Ederle struck out from France she left behind her a world which has believed for a great many centuries that woman is the weaker vessel. Much of government, most of law and practically all of morality is based upon this assumption. And when her toes touched the sands of England, she stepped out of the water into a brand-new world. It may be that she will turn out to be an even greater discoverer than Columbus. It was only a continent which he found. — Gavin Mortimer

Did you have me checked out?"
"Background check in three different countries." ...
"Find anything you didn't like?"
I shrug. "You married my first love, I already didn't like you. — Tarryn Fisher

Pliny paid for his "phenomena"! ... I've paid a bit, too ... everything worthwhile has its cost! ... if it's free, you're down with the shithead fraternity! blabbermouths, charlatans, the whole gang! ... into the crapper with 'em! every one! right in the shitter! ... it's unlistenable! ... just a bunch of farts! ... I'm telling you! ... — Louis-Ferdinand Celine