“Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it this belonging, this completeness?”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“Why do I love him?...I don't think love has a reason...I think love comes first and then the reasons follow.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“Chris: I'm never gonna get out of this town am I, Gordie?
Gordie: You can do anything you want, man.
Chris: Yeah, sure. Give me some skin.
Gordie: I'll see ya.
Chris: Not if I see you first.”
― The Body
Gordie: You can do anything you want, man.
Chris: Yeah, sure. Give me some skin.
Gordie: I'll see ya.
Chris: Not if I see you first.”
― The Body
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