Things Fall Apart Okonkwo Character Quotes & Sayings

I noticed how Brent twitched when I lifted the hem of my tank top to bare my stomach and ribs. The reflex was not an effort to shy away from seeing my body, but from something more carnal in nature. I deduced this from the subtle flicker of red in his blue eyes. Even this Reaper, the most powerful Stygian I had met, next to Head Reaper Marin, couldn't mask his desire. — Abigail Baker

Seek something outside your nine-to-five job as an additional source of fulfillment and as a way to feel the joy of helping others. — Harold S. Kushner

Rachel, Rachel, Rachel," he said, very still and unmoving. "Always jumping to the wrong conclusion. You're like a frog, you know. — Kim Harrison

The second that I watched 'Glee' with my brother, I loved it. I fell in love with it and I saw myself there. — Blake Jenner

If kindness and compassion opens the door to manipulation, it is time to take your business elsewhere. — Charles F. Glassman

At first a golfer excuses a dismal performance by claiming bad lies. With experience, he covers up with better ones. — Lee P. Brown

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize. — Little Richard

The UN now and world government eventually must serve one single goal - the guarantee of the security, tranquillity, and the welfare of all mankind. — Albert Einstein

Why get killed when you can run ... your ego will heal much faster than a broken jaw. — Richard Pryor

I wonder how difficult it would be to just make a list of all the top blood purists and kill them.
They'd tried exactly that during the French Revolution, more or less - make a list of all the enemies of Progress and remove everything above the neck - and it hadn't worked out well from what Harry recalled. Maybe he needed to dust off some of those history books his father had bought him, and see if what had gone wrong with the French Revolution was something easy to fix. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

The most amazing philanthropists are people who are actually making a significant sacrifice. — Bill Gates

Who hurt you?" she asked, slicing through the two other conversations going on at the table. "He's dead," said Charles, his hand sliding up Anna's back reassuringly. "I killed him. If I could, I would bring him back to life so I could kill him again. — Patricia Briggs

Thirty years ago, if you said the country was living beyond its means, people would have thought about economics. Now, if you talk about the country, or the planet living beyond its means, you think about the environment. We are taking out more than we are giving back. We are consuming energy, water, and other natural resources in a way that is leading to huge and often irreversible damage to the planet. So too are most other developed nations. And so too will China and India if they follow the same path of economic development as us — David Miliband

She would have lacked that inner warmth which somehow survives despite the relentless drudgery and constant proximity to human suffering. Her patients to her would have been flesh, bones, blood, not people. — Dorothy Simpson

I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible, I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes, I'll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game. — Adam Rapp