Risikat Balogun Quotes & Sayings

A brusque whisper coaxed Phillip from slumber. Someone had called his name. The cot squeaked as he sat up and squinted at a featureless silhouette. "Who is it?"
"Rise. Quick. Bring your medicine maker." The ragged voice belonged to True Seeker.
Tasked with keeping a watchful eye on Milly, the young man would come to Phillip at this hour for only one reason. He swung his legs to the ground. With one foot going into his trousers, he took a wide step across the narrow barracks and jostled Buck's shoulder.
His friend was on his feet and half-dressed before Phillip left the building, alarm urging his feet to a gallop. No one need tell him which direction to go. He buckled his sword belt as he went. The scabbard slapped his leg with each footfall, bringing to mind a similar night not long enough ago. His stride lengthened.
This time, he would run Collins clean through. — April W. Gardner

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like? — Confucius

Love is an irrational force, making humans do all sorts of strange and wonderful things like write poetry and take up the ukulele. — Amy Dickinson

The distance between a man and his dream is adversity. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You can act your way into feeling long before you can feel your way into action. If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it. — John C. Maxwell

BELINDA:Your children are a pain in the neck...
MASSIMO: They are mine when they misbehave -
BELINDA: Which is always.
MASSIMO: And yours when they behave like angels.
BELINDA: I'll be old by the time that happens. — Billy London

The venerable C.S. Lewis once said, in a way that he alone seemed to be able to say: "You cannot go on being a good egg forever, you must either hatch or rot! — Charles Thomas

I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything. — Lynsey Addario

When people get into their 30s plus "boyfriend" sounds weird ... if you really think about it. Instead, I think we should universally start using the term "manfriend" or "snookie bookie cuddles pie". — Michelle M. Pillow

Strive for more. More zombies, more fighting, more profit. — Jesse Petersen

You've already said all that. Don't embroider on it, but prove it! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

May the fire in your soul, burn down all the fences and walls which this society is trying to build around you. — Akshay Vasu