Malcolm Azania Quotes

I’m a daughter, like all mothers are. And I’m a sister. One day I might even be a mother myself. So even though I’ve got rights and responsibilities in two of those roles now, I’m also preparing for the rights and responsibilities I’ll have as a mother.

No such things as magic or miracles, the old man’d told him. Just the universe giving you endless chances to reflect and learn something through your Daily Alchemy. Up to you whether you actually did.

But women aren’t like, like…computers or suh’m. You can’t just get an access code and then programme em to do what you want em to. Trust me. About three billion guys’ve had to learn the same lesson.

The Master said, “The ancestors scatter their wisdom like a sower his seeds, and those who would feast must first sweat beneath the sun.”

You think this is what the gods want? What the gods won't punish?"
Great. One of those religious weirdos. "Gods this" and "punish that." At least in my mum's camp, I didn't have to listen to that crap. She used to laugh at people like that. "What good are the gods?" she'd say. "Don't be thanking them. I'm the one who got you this food.

You know what supernovas are?"
"Yeah," said JC. "Like, super-duper huge mega-stars. That explode."
"That's right, young brother. Where'd you learn that?"
"Star Trek," he said.
"Good," chuckled Mr. Ani. "Me too, probably. In the olden days. So let's transform all this.
"People are born lead, and most people stay that way their whole lives. They're the Leadites.
"And they're easily led astray by those who're turned into—or who turn themselves into—the Pyrites. The Pyrites are like pirates because they hijack people, keep em hostage, steal their treasure, and prevent them from ever getting where they're supposed to go, even dumping them on islands in the middle of nowhere or drowning them at sea.
"And any gold they find, they steal it and hoard it, and even bury it in chests under the sand."
The boys nodded, grasping fragments, knowing that others were just beyond their fingertips.
"So who's left? Gold. From supernovas, light-sources so powerful they can outshine entire galaxies. Gold is knowledge: the most precious thing in the universe.
"If you have everything and don't have knowledge, you can't use what you do have or appreciate how much it's worth, so to you, it's actually worthless.
If you don't have true gold, you spend your whole life chasing after and stockpiling pyrite thinking it's worth something, when actually, it's worth nothing.

There’re two types of the people in the world. Those who do what they say they’re gonna do, and everybody else.

Never," said the man to Rap's silent consideration, "underestimate the stupidity of anybody who wants to be a saviour.

When people are suffering, they usually hurt the people closest to them, because those are the only ones left around.

That diabolical deviant is smarter than he smells.

Hnossi glowered at her daughter, a look cold enough to freeze sunshine and shatter it on the pavement.

The two former lovers finally looked at each other, their faces crawling with the crabs of conflicting emotion.

We spent too much damn time getting down. Now it’s time to get up.

When dysfunctional self-distraction devolves into delusional self-destruction, neurosis turns into psychosis.

All of them cite that toxic spew, even though there’s not a syllable of supporting evidence. Because the controversy itself became news. Save a country, save a world, save a child—it doesn’t matter. You don’t need proof or even evidence to burn down a man’s soul. All you need is accusation.