Santeros Quotes & Sayings

Ashe is the energy that permeates the universe. It's in everything - people, animals, plants, rocks. The orishas are mega-repositories. Spells, ceremonies, and invocations are all conducted to acquire ashe. Ashe gives the power to change things - to solve problems, subdue enemies, win love, acquire money. Ebbo is the concept of sacrifice. It's what you do to get ashe. Ebbo can be an offering of fruit, flowers, candles, or food, or it can involve animal sacrifice. Priests and priestesses are known as santeros and — Kathy Reichs

Diamonds aren't a girl's best friend. Freedom is. — Camille Grammer

The world is not uni-cultural. We must live together rather than seeking to dominate each other. The people in the world cannot accept domination anymore. — Mohammed Morsi

I mean you think about the guy, the Nigerian guy, who was going to blow up the plane. He was wearing a pair of Fruit of the Lunatic ... Guy was not too bright. He said that the reason he became a suicide bomber was to work his way up in the al Qaeda organization. — David Letterman

I think we, especially in American culture, are so afraid to talk about death. And I'm not talking about literal death. I'm talking about shedding skin. I'm talking about rebirth, ultimately, and how we continue to change as human beings and continue to grow. There's that great Henry Miller quote, "All growth is a leap in the dark." — Amber Tamblyn

Nowadays beautiful women are counted among the talents of their husbands. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

Las Vegas is the savage heart of the American Dream. — Hunter S. Thompson

You have haters from all walks of life. I could care less who wants me to fail. They inspire me. — Stephen A. Smith

And he smiled at her, truely smiled- wicked and lovely ... — Melissa Marr