"Ses intrigues de grands déballages, sanctionnent, rectifient, enseignent, éduquent... En cela, Barbara AKPLOGAN mérite l’admiration de son lectorat. (Her plots of great revelations sanction, rectify, teach, educate... In this, Barbara AKPLOGAN deserves the admiration of her readership.)"

"Anybody can say whatever pleases them with their mouth."

"You know being a girl is natural but being a lady is something that has to be imbibed and I guess I learned a whole lot about being a lady."

"La prière nourrit notre âme! (Prayer nourishes our soul.)"

"Je partage l'idylle qu'adolescente ressent à ce jeune âge; les premières amours, les premières joies et les premières déceptions (I share the idyll that a teenager feels at this young age; the first loves, the first joys and the first disappointments.)"

"Le poète, c'est celui qui invente son monde et qui peint le monde de la manière dont il voudrait qu'il soit. ("The poet is someone one who invents his own world and who paints the world in the way he would like it to be.")"

"... lorsque je me retrouve face au public et que je déclame mes poèmes, j’aime que ça touche les âmes et que ça leur procure un certain plaisir. Je me sens très épanouie sur scène. (...when I find myself in front of the public and I recite my poems, I like that it touches souls and gives them a certain pleasure. Onstage, I feel very flourishing. )"

"If there are any doctors in the house, could we get Mr. Masterson some medical attention? It would be a shame if he were to pass away before he’s prosecuted for his crimes."

"If I ever had patience for believers who wanted to convince me of my own wickedness, I’ve officially run out of it."

"It’s not enough for the Believers to feel abandoned—they need to know they’ve been lied to. Otherwise someone down the line will try again."

"“Bless him”—the Messiah raises a shiny copy of the New Apocalypse Edition of the Book of Frick—“for leaving us this miraculous book, this new edition of his Holy Word, available for only nineteen ninety-nine at Church of America megastores worldwide.”"

"I will never understand why Believers cling to this kind of language, this relentless empty optimism, plus all! those! exclamation! points!"

"Harp gives me a look. “What?” “You are terrible at lying, Viv. Embarrassingly bad. Have I taught you nothing?”"

"Everyone seems absurdly rich and very drunk. I notice with annoyance that there’s no adherence to modesty here: I see short skirts and plenty of cleavage, bare necks adorned by jewels. I guess if you have enough money, the Church will overlook a selection of your sins."

"How many simple pleasures I denied myself, because I thought that’s what goodness was. How stupid that it took me until the end of the world to realize it was something else entirely."

"It’s funny now to think that we were ever confused by extreme action taken in the name of God."

"Behind him shines the blinking neon of a casino:"

"But I can’t justify the act to myself, no matter how much I like making out with the boy I’d be trying to save. That would be playing by Believer rules—telling myself that violence and the threat of it is okay, if that’s what it takes to get you what you want. “For God so loved the world,” says the Book of Frick, “that he sent us guns with which to protect our homes and women.”"

"Believer culture seems to shift so quickly, from benign to terrifying and back again."

"“This whole country,” says my grandmother evenly, “supports a culture of ignorance and anti-intellectualism which posits that not understanding a phenomenon is just as valid as understanding one, and frankly I’m sick of it.”"

"“But it was probably nothing.” “Nothing is nothing anymore, Viv.”"

"I wonder if this is what bravery is: adrenaline plus love plus absolute stupidity."

"(“For God saw that Americans were industrious and made money in His name, and he saw that it was good”). It’s one of the many parts of the Book of Frick that makes you wonder whether or not Frick was just straight-up on ’shrooms when he was writing it."

"“That’s part of the prophecy of the Rapture, right? The dead will rise and crash our parties?” He laughs. “Do you really think that’s a priority, for the reanimated corpses?” “Absolutely,” I say. “No French onion dip in purgatory.”"

"“I mean, these people really believe what they believe.” “But what they believe is so absurd.”"

"I’ve always believed Frick to be detached from reality, but I thought he was just a megalomaniac, a manipulator, a con artist. Now I begin to slowly understand. He’s far more dangerous than any of those things. He’s a true Believer."

"In addition to founding the Church itself, Frick was the CEO of its accompanying multimillion-dollar corporation. They publish the magazines and run the Church television networks, and they produce end-of-the-world provisions like these—bottles of Holy Spring Water, a bland SpaghettiOs knockoff called Christ Loops."

"“I’m Harp,” my best friend says, business-like. “This is Viv. Personally, I think you guys would make really cute babies together.”"

"What Harp doesn’t understand is that I like my parents—current hiccups in sanity not withstanding."

"Even now I think I could only list for him the various things I don’t believe in. But still I wish I could. Because I’m starting to narrow it down. I don’t believe in hate. I don’t believe in money. I don’t believe in God. I don’t believe it’s too late."

"“What? Why the fuck are you smiling?” “Because you’re so like Winnie, it’s actually spooky. You both clearly possess the take-no-shit gene.”"

"We could conceivably slow this destruction down, but it would require huge overarching changes in the structure of our society—the kind of change we will never achieve so long as we remain distracted by imaginary acts of God."

"I’m starting to understand how little purchase the truth actually affords us in this world."

"I know they give building materials to some people, but if they want our support, they need to share with all of us. Otherwise, let those who received the gifts vote for them on their own.""

"This kind of innovation is what we need to restore public trust and make the industry attractive to both local and foreign investors"

"The portal will allow Ugandans to access land title information for a small fee, bringing much-needed transparency to the sector"

"We are building partnerships with private developers to increase the supply of affordable housing..These collaborations aim to attract investment through incentives such as tax breaks and improved access to land"

"Traditionally, someone would purchase an apartment, struggle with maintenance, managing tenants, and end up with a payback period of almost 20 years,The stress of managing these properties reduced the attractiveness of such investments."

"A significant amount of land has already been allocated to the government for schools, hospitals, and even barracks, so it should prioritize utilizing that. The remaining land, should be reserved for the people to sustain their livelihoods."

"The real estate industry is one of the cornerstones of our nation’s development,” Namuganza said. “It breathes life into our infrastructure, fuels economic growth, and provides livelihoods to countless Ugandans"

"Disillusioned supporters return the gifts she had given them in exchange for their political backing."

"We are committed to addressing these issues. Buyers deserve to get what they are promised—safe, well-built homes,"

"By "colonialism," I’m referring not just to the 19th-century era when European powers divided and controlled Africa, but also to the earlier colonialism of ancient and medieval times—by the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs,” Halevi explained. “The Jewish people, too, freed ourselves from colonial rule. Like Africa, Israel was conquered and oppressed by the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Turks. And, like many others, we also lived under British colonial rule in the 20th century.”"

"I’m urging you to stay vigilant and recognize that the future of Alebtong rests in my hands."

"I will this time go to Parliament"

"UWA is currently installing wooden poles, some of which are reused, while others have developed cracks. We would prefer them to install concrete poles instead, as this would demonstrate the government's commitment to a durable, long-term solution to the human-wildlife conflict in the district."

"I stood with the NRM party, and although my votes weren’t enough, I respected the party and supported the flag bearer. She won, but unfortunately, her journey was derailed, and I believe I was treated as a mere backup. Now, I ask the people of Alebtong to choose me, put me in the driver’s seat, and I will lead Alebtong district forward with determination and success."

"It’s important that women recognise that these hard skills allow a person to sit on the deciding table and so there is a need for them to grow these skills."

"How did he manage to get all that on his own?" asked Mary Goretti Kiconco, a local resident. "They give one person UGX 700,000 worth of cement, but all we get is alcohol and waragi. They should distribute things fairly or they’ll face the consequences at the ballot box."

"One of the things I’ve realized is that there are harmful assumptions about women. When I started in my leadership role, people expected me to be a no-nonsense, super tough person who would drive my subordinates to work at any expense, even though they had no basis for that assumption."