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Gloria D. Gonsalves Quotes | Quotes said by Gloria D. Gonsalves

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #1

    A badly written novel can always be shortened to a poem.


  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #2

    A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #3

    As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #4

    At times we are the worst racist enemies of our black selves.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #5

    Being able to experience and live the differences with sound judgement offers a chance to opt for what is right for one.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #6

    Did you ever ask yourself if each one of us pursued a high educational degree, who would do the skilled manual work? Craftsmanship may not earn us the money we want but that does not mean we should scorn on anyone doing it. We are obliged to be respectful and grateful to anyone using their hands to clean our households, trim our hedges,carpentry our furniture, farm our food, crafts the objects we collect and gift, style our hairs, etc. Next time you encounter a crafts person acknowledge their manual competence.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #7

    Do not fear to find yourself among strangers.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #8

    Drooling over an African figure that I could never have, I feasted my eyes upon
    the swaying mounds of my fellow African sisters.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #9

    Everyone these days is concerned so much with privacy and forgets the value of human touch. We still need each other but are scared of how it might sound or appear to the other.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #10

    Gender is not only women and sexual orientation has multiple choices.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #11

    Have you ever entered a kitchen to find a woman, her legs crossed while the rest of her body is dressed in colourful khanga, smiling at you while her hands are making a melodious song with a coconut grater? Have you ever wondered how any woman size can fit on that grater regardless of their body size? The time for wondering is over. East Africa heartily welcomes you to see for yourself. Go and visit it.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #12

    I am also open minded to embrace strange notions and respect its bearers without harsh judgement. Exposure has made me feel confident and wiser to choose what feels right for me, in order to be the best human being for myself and others.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #13

    I do not condemn either the rich or the poor, but the consequences of these two.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #14

    I love your inside,
    complimenting your outside,
    a wonderful fusion,
    that makes you so irresistible.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #15

    I refuse to behave fraudulently, as if I was anything else but African.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #16

    I was taught how to walk but I did not master the cheating steps of others.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #17

    If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #18

    Life at home is at a pace which allows you to appreciate what it has to offer. Simultaneously you get a chance to reflect on what you wish from it. Our development also goes at the same pace, which is not something that everyone appreciates.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #19

    Love me until Venus gasps with envy.
    Love me again until Eros swears celibacy.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #20

    Many years ago, I left my home country very narrow minded. Today I return with an educated mind, able to understand why my culture is as it is and still be very proud of it.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #21

    May the economic discrimination you impose on your own people bloat your mind. That polluted rubbish occupying
    your mind-set needs to be swept clean. May the disgusted look you impose on those you judge poor burn your eyes.
    That evil look occupying your clear vision needs to land in the bin. May that shameful attitude you impose on those you wish to feel lesser bring your soul to restlessness. That fake character you display needs to be thrown out of the window.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #22

    May you grow to be a fearless and proud accepting-self human.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #23

    My lips swelled with red freshness, my chest heaved proudly with a pair of pointed African drums, my face tempted with its sweetness like Kilimanjaro waters and my height spoke a language only a Maasai warrior knew.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #24

    My thick and full lips shall pout their African ancestry until all sorrows are kissed out of me.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #25

    No matter what justification you have for your feelings, you cannot wish harmful things on others.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #26

    Nobody is perfect. We all want to be loved just like anyone else. It is not wrong to keep faith on someone whose life is not according to our standards. The faith we hold on them is called loving by example. The love we give can be in different forms. Yours might be a distant one, mine might be a close one. Together, we still keep the love.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #27

    One should use well a mouth for someone will remember your words and the manner they were spoken. One should pose well in a body for someone will remember your image and how you carried it. One should serve well for someone will recall the kindness and spread it among humanity.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #28

    Poetry is –
    raw feelings as sunny summer,
    fiery turmoil as vibrant autumn,
    daunting revelation as stormy winter,
    intrepid hope as blooming spring.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #29

    Poetry is not difficult. If you possess one of the five senses, poetry is in it. If you can compose text message, tweet or Facebook status, you can write poetry. If you can rap a song, you can rhyme poetry. If you can memorise a prayer, you can recite poetry. If you struggle to make sense of formatted text, poetry is your call.

  • Gloria D. Gonsalves Quote #30

    Poetry rhymes, a song our souls need to nourish upon. Poetry is a drum, a sound our bodies wish to have. Poetry is organized, a reading our eyes wish to view. Poetry is refined, a structure our moral selves seek. Poetry is civil, instigating the world to remain sane. Poetry is not ordinary, but it needs the ordinary eyes to continue to be the interesting art form of expression. Poetry is like a child communicating, who later grows to be an adult communicating in prose.

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