“On the plane leaving Africa, I had a vision of Mama Africa, a powerful and proud African woman carrying the abundant fruits of Africa in a basket. She accompanied me as I gazed down on the continent I was leaving. She would be with me in my new country, Mama Africa assured me, and I would forever be a child of Africa.”
― America's Daughter
― America's Daughter
“Is this nuclear physics or are you ordering a cake?
It's a cake. You eat it,,you don't frame it.”
― Shared Sorrows
It's a cake. You eat it,,you don't frame it.”
― Shared Sorrows
“She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know.”
― Love in the Time of Cholera
― Love in the Time of Cholera
“If overthrowing some five thousand years of patriarchy seems like a big order, just focus on celebrating each self-respect step along the way”
― The Vagina Monologues
― The Vagina Monologues
“Beli at thirteen believed in love like a seventy-year-old widow who's been abandoned by family, husband, children and fortune believes in God.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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