#jamaica

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar. He stood for everything she feared and hated and despised; but she knew she could love him... This was no choice made with the mind. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#love

Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find worlds. ↗

— Jamaica Kincaid

#lucy #friendship

My family were from Jamaica. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#jamaica #were

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#i #inn #jamaica #knew #make

Take sleep mark death. ↗

— Glen L. Richards

#illu #jamaican #proverb #death

My relationship with everyone in Jamaica is good. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#good #jamaica #relationship

I can't really live outside Jamaica. I can be away, but only for a while. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#i #i can #jamaica #live #only

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop. ↗

— Mos Def

#because #been #black #black music #bob

The night-soil men can see a bird walking in trees. It isn't a bird. It is a woman who has removed her skin and is on her way to drink the blood of her secret enemies. It is a woman who has left her skin i a corner of a house made out of wood. It is a woman who is reasonable and admires honeybees in the hibiscus. ↗

— Jamaica Kincaid

#caribbean #jamaica-kincaid #men

They basically said that if I didn't show up for school they'd mark me present, they wouldn't send the truant officer after me. At 16 I enrolled in something called continuing education. Once a month I'd go out to Jamaica, but I didn't take it seriously. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#basically #called #continuing #education #enrolled