Beware Okonkwo!" she warned. "Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!
Barriers tend to intensify romance. It's called the 'Romeo and Juliet effect. ' I call it 'frustration attraction. '
There were real reasons that you were attracted to somebody originally. The brain doesn't pick willy-nilly. Unless you part ways hating each other for some reason, that mechanism could get triggered again. You can literally fall in love again.
In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded.
Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead.
Romantic love is not an emotion. . . . It's a drive. It comes from the motor of the mind, the wanting part of the mind, the craving part of the mind.
Mothers really were not built to raise babies not only by themselves, but with only a partner. For millions of years, a woman had much more than just her husband to help rear her young. . . This whole idea of 'it takes a village to raise a child' is exactly how we're supposed to live.
. . . concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.
If you tell a friend a secret, she will keep the secret by telling only one other person.
Resentment is the most precious flower of poverty.
Just follow your gut. If you seriously believe that something is the right thing to do, if you are so convinced that your stomach is knotting up every time someone suggests an alternative way of doing all this, take a deep breath and just say, "You're wrong. "