If the sun refuses to rise we will make it rise

Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it this belonging, this completeness?

She wanted to ask him why they were all strangers who shared the same last name.

Greatness depends on where you are coming from.

And it's wrong of you to think that love leaves room for nothing else. It's possible to love something and still condescend to it.

The truth has become an insult.

You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone.

Don’t see it as forgiving him. See it as allowing yourself to be happy. What will you do with the misery you have chosen? Will you eat misery?

She felt a sense that things were in order, the way they were meant to be, and that even if they tumbled down once in a while, in the end they would come back together again.

We never actively remember death, ' Odenigbo said. The reason we live as we do is because we do not remember that we will die. We will all die.

Active evil is better than passive good

Things happen in NFL games. I don't try to dwell on it. I try to say, It happened. Let's move onto the next one.

There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.

People (or students) do not have shortcomings, only uniquenesses. The goal of a good teacher is to turn these uniquenesses into advantages.

Jesus brooded upon the Divine imminence until at last he could declare, 'I and my Father are One.'

There are some things you can't learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.

Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast.

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

I always strive to keep a balance with my fears. I don't like to be ruled by them. At the same time, I don't like the idea of living my life totally free of any fears. I like having that moderation.