Never try to make Americans or foreigners feel at home - had they wished to feel at home, they would have remained in their own county.

Early risers are conceited in the morning and stupid in the afternoon.

An untidy, badly run house will ruin any marriage and is a disgrace to any intelligent woman.

A loving woman finds heaven or hellOn the day she is made a bride

Ifemelu thought about the expression "sweet girl." Sweet girl meant that, for a long time, Don had molded Ranyinudo into a malleable shape, or that she had allowed him to think he had.

The power of classical music turns my words into fire.

The concept of Time is but the span of our memory.

Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.

We've reached an age that when construction workers stare at us it's because they figure we might be considering a remodeling job.

In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.

Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation.

Maybe I'll be like that man in "The Hanging Tree'. Still waiting for an answer.

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss.