Tuerca Mariposa Quotes & Sayings

Robert Farris Thompson, America's most prominent historian of African art, says that funky is derived from the Ki-Kongo lu-fuki, meaning "positive sweat" of the sort you get from dancing or having sex, but not working. One's mojo, which has to be "working" to attract a lover, is Ki-Kongo for "soul." Boogie comes from mbugi, meaning "devilishly good." And both jazz and jism likely derive from dinza, the Ki-Kongo word for "to ejaculate. — Christopher Ryan

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

In the summer quiet. Just be. Joshua liked the Beatles, used to listen to them in his room, you could hear the noise even through the big headphones he loved. Let it be. Silly song, really. You let it be, it returns. There's the truth. You let it be, it drags you to the ground. You let it be, it crawls up your walls. — Colum McCann

It is possible to eat English piecrust, whatever you may think at first. The English eat it, and when they stand up and walk away, they are hardly bent over at all. — Margaret Halsey

Where had I been that I didn't know about imaginary friends? I could see the point of it. How a lost part of yourself steps out and remind you who you could be with a little work. — Sue Monk Kidd

Listen to me. I will tell you the truth about a man's life. I will tell you the truth about his love for women. — Mario Puzo

My joy is as painful as my pain. — Fernando Pessoa

The temptation to quit and start over infects every creative process I've ever been in. Frustration and boredom always fuel this self-doubt. — Robert Lopez

I suffer from manic-depressive disorder, and I've chosen not to take medication for it. Because of that, every once in a while I go through manic episodes and really depressed episodes. — Scott Weiland

The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines. — Chiwetel Ejiofor