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“How was it possible to miss something you no longer wanted?”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“It’s strange how I have felt, with every major event that has occurred in my life, that you were the only person who would understand.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“She liked that he wore their relationship so boldly, like a brightly colored shirt. Sometimes she worried that she was too happy. She would sink into moodiness, and snap at Obinze, or be distant. And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Each memory stunned her with its blinding luminosity. Each brought with it a sense of unassailable loss, a great burden hurtling towards her, and she wished she could duck, lower herself so that it would bypass her, so that she would save herself. Love was a kind of grief. This was what the novelists meant by suffering. She had often thought it a little silly, the idea of suffering for love, but now she understood.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“He reminded her of Obinze’s expression for people he liked. Obi ocha. A clean heart.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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