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“Obierika was a man who thought about things.”
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

“That "all they want, man, is they own misery. Ax em to die for you and they yours for life.”
― Toni Morrison, Sula

“Twenty-two years old, weak, hot, frightened, not daring to acknowledge the fact that he didn't even know who or what he was... with no past, no language, no tribe, no source, no address book, no comb, no pencil, no clock, no pocket handkerchief, no rug, no bed, no can opener, no faded postcard, no soap, no key, no tobacco pouch, no soiled underwear and nothing nothing nothing to do...”
― Toni Morrison, Sula

“In the safe harbor of each other's company they could afford to abandon the ways of other people and concentrate on their own perceptions of things.”
― Toni Morrison, Sula