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Judith Borghouts is currently reading

The Forty Rules of Love

by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author)

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Oct 13, 2026 08:01AM

Judith’s Quotes

“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.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

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“This blitzkrieg strategy is actually quite high-risk. The danger of starting fights on so many fronts is that if it doesn’t succeed in demoralizing your opponents, it could very well unite them.”
― Naomi Klein, No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need

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“Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

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“I don’t think love as a reason. I think love comes first and then the reasons follow.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

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“Oh, why did he slap her when she’s a widow, and that annoyed her even more. She said she should not have been slapped because she is a full human being, not because she doesn’t have a husband to speak for her.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

tags: feminist, inspirational

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