“W krainie pustki najszczęśliwiej miała się nędza. Bywało tak, że dzieci przychodziły na świat zbyt wątłe, by unieść ciężar życia, i nim zdążyły zaczerpnąć oddechu, zabierała je śmierć. Nigdzie nie umierało się tak łatwo jak tam.”
― Bukareszt. Kurz i krew
― Bukareszt. Kurz i krew
“There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work.”
― Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
― Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
“Academics were not intellectuals; they were not curious, they built their stolid tents of specialized knowledge and stayed securely in them.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“I realized that if I ever have children, I don't want them to have American childhoods. I don't want them to say 'Hi' to adults I want them to say 'Good morning' and 'Good afternoon'. I don't want them to mumble 'Good' when someone says 'How are you?' to them. Or to raise five fingers when asked how old they are. I want them to say 'I'm fine thank you' and 'I'm five years old'. I don't want a child who feeds on praise and expects a star for effort and talks back to adults in the name of self-expression. Is that terribly conservative?”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. With him, she was at ease; her skin felt as though it was her right size.. It seemed so natural, to talk to him about odd things. She had never done that before. The trust, so sudden and yet so complete, and the intimacy, frightened her.. But now she could think only of all the things she yet wanted to tell him, wanted to do with him.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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