Gloria D. Gonsalves

Quotes

• “One should use well a mouth for someone will remember your words and the manner they were spoken. One should pose well i...”
• “Poetry is not for poets, poetry lovers or perceived poetic persons only. Poetry is in yourself, others and everything of...”
• “Life at home is at a pace which allows you to appreciate what it has to offer. Simultaneously you get a chance to reflec...”
• “I am also open minded to embrace strange notions and respect its bearers without harsh judgement. Exposure has made me f...”
• “She refuses to support the slogan - Men are equal to women - if this translates to her femininity being faded out or con...”
• “My lips swelled with red freshness, my chest heaved proudly with a pair of pointed African drums, my face tempted with i...”
• “The joy of comradeship in this foreign land has been killed by silence and overprotection of personal space. I miss the ...”
• “Then I learnt of “white Christmas”, which again I found very peculiar since we always have a white Christmas at home for...”
• “Writing is a lonely business, which if allowed publicity and socializing it might deteriorate. Supportive people underst...”
• “Writing as a creative art flourishes only when there are no rules. Rules stifle you from entering the silent and forbidd...”
• “Everyone these days is concerned so much with privacy and forgets the value of human touch. We still need each other but...”
• “Many years ago, I left my home country very narrow minded. Today I return with an educated mind, able to understand why ...”
• “We should all celebrate the magnitude of diverse and unique souls that live in our world today, for it is an essence tha...”
• “A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would...”
• “There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved i...”
• “Then I saw his kind eyes, a comfort I desired. Then I saw his height, a knight I needed by my side. Then I saw his body,...”
• “Poetry is –raw feelings as sunny summer,fiery turmoil as vibrant autumn,daunting revelation as stormy winter,intrepid ho...”
• “Drooling over an African figure that I could never have, I feasted my eyes uponthe swaying mounds of my fellow African s...”
• “Being able to experience and live the differences with sound judgement offers a chance to opt for what is right for one.”
• “There's a thin boundary between the light and dark side. Both are fervent to reign in the space of the other.”
• “To eat Ugali is an art of adventure in itself. Forget cutlery because all you need is your lovely fingers.”
• “As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness.”
• “My thick and full lips shall pout their African ancestry until all sorrows are kissed out of me.”
• “Take, this day, my handand promise to absolvewhat my forefathers and I didto you and your kin.”
• “What might be considered loyalty in onesociety might not necessarily be the same for another.”
• “This is the sinking womanwhose soul touched the ocean andcaused it to storm kisses.”
• “Those trying moments teach us to desire greatness in ourselves and wider humanity.”
• “Don’t break a neck looking up for God. Try looking down at inspiring human deeds.”
• “I do not condemn either the rich or the poor, but the consequences of these two.”
• “What are the lessons intended in the stories we tell to our children today?”
• “I was taught how to walk but I did not master the cheating steps of others.”
• “I refuse to behave fraudulently, as if I was anything else but African.”
• “Gender is not only women and sexual orientation has multiple choices.”
• “We are all angelic.Offspring of godly relic,accept and be prophetic.”
• “To inspire is revealing the unpolished bits before perfection.”
• “May you grow to be a fearless and proud accepting-self human.”
• “At times we are the worst racist enemies of our black selves.”
• “A badly written novel can always be shortened to a poem.”
• “She is a woman, how can you confuse her for a man?”
• “Nothing that the Creator gave is of unworthiness.”
• “If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?”
• “Do not fear to find yourself among strangers.”
• “The moment of honouring our humanity is now.”
• “To be a woman is not a weakness.”
• “Home is where the heart unveils.”