Helen Oyeyemi I love taking things out of context and playing with them and chopping up rules. – Helen Oyeyemi Chopping Quotes Context Quotes Love Quotes Playing Quotes Rules Quotes The first book I really loved was ‘Little Women’ – I’d have given anything for Beth to have been allowed to live; I remember crying very much over her death, trying to make the words change just by staring at them. I loved ‘Anne of Green Gables,’ too; ‘What Katy Did;’ and ‘Peter Pan.’ I think, basically, what I’m good for is reading – a lot. I think I’ll always be more of a reader than a writer, definitely. There are sooo many books in the world I haven’t read, sometimes I feel as if they’re all piled on top of my head weighing me down and saying, ‘Hurry up.’
John Kani When I’m abroad it’s almost like I’m in a transit lounge. I’m only comfortable when I know the date of departure. – John Kani
Hannah Fry Everything we’re doing online is being not just monitored, but that information is being packaged up and sold and resold to manipulate us. – Hannah Fry
Mahmoud Darwish Sometimes I feel as if I am read before I write. When I write a poem about my mother, Palestinians think my mother is a symbol for Palestine. But I write as a poet, and my mother is my mother. She’s not a symbol. – Mahmoud Darwish
Jerry A Webman In many cases, the Treasury will get preferred or convertible preferred stock for the money it gives to banks. These shares typically don’t have voting rights, possibly to give more of a hands-off appearance to the government. – Jerry A Webman
Ted DansonWork We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn’t going to work. – Ted Danson
Jonathan Anderson I love the immediacy of Instagram. My feed really is my train of thought. If I’m really excited about something, I’ll just put it up. – Jonathan Anderson
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