

“Academics were not intellectuals; they were not curious, they built their stolid tents of specialized knowledge and stayed securely in them.”
― Americanah
― Americanah

“It is my belief that the World (or, if you will, the House, since the two are for all practical purposes identical) wishes an Inhabitant for Itself to be a witness to its Beauty and the recipient of its Mercies.
If I leave, then the House will have no Inhabitant and how will I bear the thought of it Empty?”
― Piranesi
If I leave, then the House will have no Inhabitant and how will I bear the thought of it Empty?”
― Piranesi

“Why did people ask "What is it about?" as if a novel had to be about only one thing.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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