Okwui Okpokwasili Quotes & Sayings

The scriptures record remarkable accounts of men whose lives changed dramatically, in an instant, as it were: Alma the Younger, Paul on the road to Damascus, Enos praying far into the night, King Lamoni. — Ezra Taft Benson

Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large. — Jan Egeland

The people who live on the land - Israelis and Palestinians - have a right to live in security and peace. — Noam Chomsky

Apparently he was supposed to be respectful to potential employers and maintain friendly eye contact while keeping his body language amiable. It was obvious why his tactic of glaring them into submission and demanding a job had not worked. — Santino Hassell

Is there something else you have to say? Something you're not telling me?" "Yes. Up your game, Stark. These might be the End Times. I don't want you half-assing your way through them." It's a good party-line statement, but it's not what he's thinking about. There's something else. — Richard Kadrey

The pain would be awful , but at least she would be free. — Stephen Lloyd Jones

That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable ... A representative democracy, where the right of election is well secured and regulated & the exercise of the legislature, executive, and judiciary authorities, is vested in select persons, chosen really and not nominally by the people, will in my opinion be most likely to be happy, regular and durable. — Alexander Hamilton

His face was pale, and he dropped to the floor so that he was half kneeling, half sitting before her. "Please. I can ... help you."
"No." She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. Her mind felt clearer now. Everything made more sense when she wasn't so hungry. "I don't think I want the help you have."
He cradled his bloody arm and tried to stand. "This isn't right. You aren't right. You aren't suppose to be here."
"But I am. — Melissa Marr

The point of history, the very essence of it as a field of study, is to find correspondences. You look at the past so that you can understand it, and through it you come to a better understanding of your own time. If you're lucky, sometimes you can even extrapolate to possible futures." "I'm not — M.R. Carey

If I weren't out of my mind at this second, I would've sworn he nuzzled my temple. — Piper Shelly

Hear you're training again," she says. "For the Capriani Cup."
"Who told-"
"You did," she says. "Just now. — Sarah Ockler

A divine person is the prophecy of the mind; a friend is the hope of the heart. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In truth, I'm still slightly embarrassed to say, I am a poet. I'd rather say, I make poems. — Henri Cole