Laye Quotes

#1. Because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye ... I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#2. A DAY LAYE"
"Every dawn of our lives a heart is forged and
Linked with lore to one so similar
Born with blessed life dust
Stored beneath its soul
To bless and pass onto its children
Even though the wind may blow it all away
Don't ever worry 'cos I'm your friend.

Marc Bolan

#3. Why do people assume? If I hate you, I'll tell you. In this case, it's not hate. It's hurt. I'll lick my wounds, which only oozed because I gave a damn, and be over it before the sun rises.

Donna Lynn Hope

#4. Two weekends in Philadelphia are not twice as pleasant as a single one - I've tried.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#5. Sex, unlike justice, should not be seen to be done.

Evelyn Laye

#6. The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority

Janet Yellen

#7. The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.

Lord Byron

#8. They pampered me, especially my grandmother ... I loved her with all my heart.

Camara Laye

#9. I guess I'm a little weird. I like to talk to trees and animals. That's okay though; I have more fun than most people.

Bob Ross

#10. And the moral of the story is I'm Thom Yorke.

Thom Yorke

#11. Could anything be more stupid than to praise a person for something that is not his? Or more crazy than admiring things which in a single moment can be transferred to another?

Seneca.

#12. I think that sex should be done, but unlike justice, not seen to be done!

Evelyn Laye

#13. POWER: The ability to make our fellow humans squirm, sweat and stammer on command. Often regarded as an aphrodisiac; actually a potent laxative that, whenever ingested by people in high places, causes everyone below to run for cover.

Rick Bayan

#14. I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

Audrey Hepburn

#15. I resign," says Velvel. He takes off his glasses, slips them into his pocket, and stands up. He forgot an appointment. He's late for work. His mother is calling him on the ultrasonic frequency reserved by the government for Jewish mothers in the event of lunch.

Michael Chabon

#16. All dancers have a cumulative tendency, because each beat of the tom-tom has an almost irresistible appeal. Soon, those who were just spectators would dance too.

Camara Laye