Gertrude Mongella quotes

It is not enough just to open the door to the rooms of power. We have to get inside and rearrange the furniture!
-- Gertrude Mongella

#Doors #Rooms #Furniture

The revolution of equality between men and women has began, there is no going back
-- Gertrude Mongella

#Men #Revolution #Men And Women

Women have always struggled with their men-folk for the abolition of slavery, the liberation of countries from colonialism, the dismantling of apartheid and the attainment of peace. It is now the turn of men to join women in their struggle for equality.
-- Gertrude Mongella

#Country #Struggle #Men

When one door opens, so does another one.

What are you doing?" "I'm going to enjoy a long overdue make-out session with my girl. That's what I'm doing." I explained, stepping into the room and closing the door behind me with one shove of my foot.

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.

Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars. ‘The scholars‘ he answered , ‘are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science.’

You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

Some people brighten up a room just by leaving it.

With my hand in his, I looked at all the apartment buildings with rushes of love, peering in the wide streetside windows that revealed living rooms painted in dark burgandies and matte reds.

Love is the way I feel for you, the way you fill something inside me whenever you so much as walk into the same room. Sometimes love is quite, lingering in the background until you least expect it. But love it always there for you

Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture.