Quotes by Trinidadian Authors - Page 4

I liked to feel I had to do things perfectly; I felt I was earning my freedom. Though I was in hiding, and though I worked every day until midnight, I felt I was much more in charge of myself than I had ever been.
V.S. Naipaul
Not all people are 'people', some are more and some are less. But only those who listen intently with their hearts will recognise them for what they are.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
A disloyal friend is no friend.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
If you're with someone, but you're constantly worried about what they think of you, you're with the wrong person.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
Do not delude yourself, tomorrow is not guaranteed; and even if good fortune brings you your tomorrow, there is no guarantee those you love will be a part of it. Do not squander your precious, limited time. Value what love you have in your life - nothing is more valuable. Make it known to those who matter.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
This world needs much more kissing and far less fighting.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
The tragedy of power like mine is that there is no way down. There can only be extinction. Dust to dust rags to rags fear to fear.
V.S. Naipaul
It is always worth asking, "Who speaks through us?
Wayne Gerard Trotman
Write It, Work It, Publish
Cherry-Ann Carew
The happiest people on Earth are the ones who know love.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
It is a rule of life that we eventually become victims of the evil we do to others.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
Convince people that you need them, and watch what they do.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
Books are silent friends, and should be treated well. I am proud of my books. I hope that my children will use them and preserve them when I am gone from this world. Human friends may betray you, but not so with books. Books contain wisdom for our understanding, humour for our entertainment, information for our development, and matter for our pleasure.
Brenda Mohammed
If you're not aiming at perfection, you're not trying hard enough.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
The most successful people I know are also the most reliable.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
What doesn't kill me provides writing material.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
He was a committed leader, capable of - or prone to - instinctive decisions. More: he could put aside thought in the service of forceful action. But in quiet moments his sensitivity sometimes led him to reconsider his own behaviour. In other words, Atticus had a conscience, and it was this that led him to what some would call faith.
André Alexis
Even in an empty room, we are never alone.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
...I never once believed what they wanted us to believe - that we as black people are inferior to whites...
Darcus Howe
Those who understand will understand.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
Deliver more than you promise and earn the respect and gratitude of the intelligent, the wise, and the honourable.
Wayne Gerard Trotman
Dear God, I am only what you made me and I appreciate everything that you gave me, but like, I don't want to do it any more, sort of lost sight of what I'm doing it for.
Nicki Minaj
What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?
C.L.R. James
I believe that life is a prize, but to live doesn't mean you're alive.
Nicki Minaj