The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times it feels more painful than the wound we suffered to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet there is no peace without forgiveness.

It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know because there is no hope of a cure.

A mistake is always forgivable rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love prayer and forgiveness.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

I was always getting run-down from jet lag and being in strange towns where I didn't speak the language or know what the food was like.

End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them but as I wrote my own I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have and take for granted: hot showers enough food friends routines.

I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.