Okurka Quotes & Sayings

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have to do quite a lot of research, which I like. Others are much closer to me. — Anne Rivers Siddons

They put exclusively black history in the syllabus. Is there a difference between a black history of the world and a proper history? They say children must read black novels. Does a novel have a skin colour? — Imraan Coovadia

The greatest danger to our sense of unity and our sense of purpose comes from those ideologists who seek to divide the people. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

It is strange, is it not, how an accident of a millimeter here, a millimeter there, makes one face so important. Think about it Elliot, She has two eyes, a nose, a mouth, just like everyone else. It,s all in tiny degrees of placement, such small area of magic to make such a big difference. For me, Elliot, I must tell you it is a hard thing to understand- why these things, these millimeters, are so crucial to you, you of all men. — Judith Krantz

Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. — Matthew Arnold

I am too many flavors for one f***ing spoon.
I want to erase the lines so I can be me.
If we do not speak, who will? — Staceyann Chin

Although I eat healthily, I do enjoy a greasy fry-up, but usually only once a year. I've also got a big Kit-Kat addiction and buy them in bulk. — Marie Helvin

One year as his wife, and id have become one of those abject, quaking women who look at their husbands when someone asks them a question. I've always despised that type, but I see how it happens now — Mary Ann Shaffer

I think we have powerful role-models among us in the American West. Certainly the Hopis, a timeless civilization that understands sustainability and what that means about living in harmony, in tandem with the natural world. We have much to learn from them, and they will survive us, I feel certain about that. — Terry Tempest Williams

Religion- made by men to rule women, children and idiots! — Vardan Hambardzumyan

The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Love means you see someone." ... "Their touch stay on your skin and their voice stays in your ears and their thoughts stay in your min. — Cassandra Clare

I speak to people who have been through so much more. — Trisha Goddard

I believe that there are human stocks with whom it is physically unwise to intermarry, but to think that these stocks are all colored or that there are no such white stocks is unscientific and false. — W.E.B. Du Bois

A hug everyday mixed with just four sweet letters makes life joyful. — Debasish Mridha