Before that no one thought of us as colored-foreign maybe, exotic and dark, but not colored.

He had kissed her good night that night, and she had tasted like strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again.

As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.

Media. I think I have heard of her. Isn't she the one who killed her children?

Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead

The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.

I could be blindfolded and dropped into the deepest ocean and I would know where to find you. I could be buried a hundred miles underground and I would know where you are.

I believe that life is a game, that life is a cruel joke, and that life is what happens when you're alive and that you might as well lie back and enjoy it.

All your questions can be answered, if that is what you want. But once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.

Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city.

No matter how sophisticated the camera, the photographer is still the one that makes it.

In the end, we shall recognize our song and sing it well. You may feel a little warbly at the moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.

Yes, God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn't make ignorance a virtue.

I felt passing over me the wind of the wing of madness.

Charm is getting people to say "yes" without ever having to ask them a question.

For an industry that's built on science, the technology world sure has its share of myths.

Would you phone the president of Ghana?

You never really know about a quarterback until he plays in a real game.

What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing.

The great Vaishnava religion of India has also sprung from a Tamil Pariah - Shathakopa - "who was a dealer in winnowing-fans but was a Yogin all the while".