Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is...

Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I’d ever make.

A good friend keeps your secrets for you. A best friend helps you keep your own secrets.

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Don't blame us," said my mother. "We didn't blow up half of Court, steal a dozen cars, call out a murderer in the middle of a crowd, or get our teenage friend crowned...

Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep...

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Chinua Achebe Quote

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him

Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound–...

I am sorry too," said Lupin. "Sorry I will never know [my son]... but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand I was trying to make a world in which he...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts

Chinua Achebe Quote

You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down

You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place

You never know what you have till you've lost it.

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