Orange Afro Quotes & Sayings

When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation. — Abigail Disney

People have become inappropriate. People have pushed too far. People have climbed one too many fences. I'm just tired of it. — Gwyneth Paltrow

America is harmless as an enemy but treacherous as a friend. — Bernard Lewis

While most of humanity was scrabbling for a piece of bread,a roof over their head and a job that would allow them to live with dignity,Ralf Hart had all of that,and it only made him feel more wretched.If he looked back on what his life had been lately,he had perhaps managed two or three days when he had woken up,looked at the sun-or the rain-and felt glad to see the morning,just happy,without wanting anything,planning anything or asking anything in exchange.Apart from those days,the rest of his existence had been wasted on dreams,both frustrated and realized-a desire to go beyond himself,to go beyond his limitations;he had spent his life trying to prove something,but he didn't know what or to whom. — Paulo Coelho

It is not what we know that scares us, it is what we do not — A.G. Phillips

I'm terrible at collaborating with people; nothing ever ends up coming out good. — Mac DeMarco

The early '20s were like the waist of an hourglass. Lots of things were hurtling toward it and squeezing through it and then hurtling out the other side. — Sarah Waters

This act [creation], as it is for God, must always remain totally inconceivable to man. For we
even our poets and musicians and inventors
never, in the ultimate sense make. We only build. We always have materials to build from. All we can know about the act of creation must be derived from what we can gather about the relation of the creatures to their Creator — C.S. Lewis

Nobody will ever forget what I've accomplished. — Calvin Coolidge

We're in a nest of secrets here. Don't let down your guard. — Frances Hardinge

A poem is something sacred. Let no one Take it for anything except itself. — Jose Marti