Zaires Colonizer Quotes & Sayings

I suffer the anthropological malady diagnosed by Le vi- Strauss inTristes tropiques: I find it much more difficult to suspend value judgments about the society in which I normally reside than I do abroad. It takes physical and cultural distance to gain moral detachment and political noncommitment. Relativism implies a solid measure of indifference. — Pierre L. Van Den Berghe

A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person. — Kali Hawk

Fantasy is no good unless the seed it springs from is a truth, a truth about human beings. — Eudora Welty

I scored a goal!" I said.
"Oh, great!" Mom said.
When we returned home and I was sitting at the kitchen table to eat supper, I said it again.
"I scored today!"
"Was it a match?" Yngve said.
"No," I said. "We haven't had any matches yet. It was training."
"Then it means nothing," he said.
A couple of tears detached themselves and rolled down my cheeks. Dad looked at me with that stern, annoyed expression of his.
"For Christ's sake, you can't cry about THAT!" he said. "There must be SOMETHING you can take without blubbering!"
By then the tears were in full flow. — Karl Ove Knausgard

It is easier to give than to receive, is that it? Pride is a sin, Father — Agota Kristof

His eyes were like galaxies, and everyone could get lost in them. How many stars flickered there, no one knew, but every time he glanced upon someone, a new star ignited, a new star was caught in the gravity of his stare. — Dean F. Wilson

Happiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth. — Jon Foreman

When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on. — Gloria Steinem

I love food. I mean, I really love food. I take pictures of my finest, funniest and most fascinating dishes, post them on Twitter, and send them to friends. I treat menus like classic literature, refusing to skip even one word. I read the description of every item, regardless of whether or not I'm interested in eating it. — Rachel Nichols

I invented animals and birds - I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor. — Jack Prelutsky

No one is so good that he has no bad in him, & no one is so bad that he has no good in him — Napoleon Hill

Never hurt people who love you a lot because they won't hurt you back. but they will probaly have no choice but to leave you forever — Unknown

Our freedom is a personal freedom only when, in it and through it, our persons may flourish, but that is so only in love. — Anthony M. Esolen

I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities. — Kate Winslet