#maic

Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#everywhere #jamaica #problems

Last time I was in Jamaica I financed a teacher to teach in an orphanage. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#i #jamaica #last #last time #orphanage

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#come #jamaica #paradise #people #problems

Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird - we've done 'Shoot The Messenger,' 'Five Days,' 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,' 'Born Equal' and now 'Small Island' - was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#another #bbc #born #days #detective

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

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