We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.
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Ama Ata Aidoo
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My lady Silk, remember that a man always gains in stature any way he chooses to associate with a woman - including adultery...but in her association with a man, a woman is always in danger of being diminished.
And yet, I have not wronged you, have I? Indeed if there is anyone I may have sinned against, it is me. That desiring you as I do, needing you as I do, I still let you go.
Yes.Work is love made visible.
Sissie knew that she had to stop herself from crying. Why weep for them? In fact, stronger in her was the desire to ask somebody why the entire world has had to pay so much and is still paying so much for some folks' unhappiness.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
Humans, not places, make memories.