“The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“About the nature of human beings. I discovered that confronted by temptation, we will always fall. Given the right circumstances, every human being on this earth would be willing to commit evil.”
― The Devil and Miss Prym
― The Devil and Miss Prym
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“The real tragedy of our postcolonial world is not that the majority of people had no say in whether or not they wanted this new world; rather, it is that the majority have not been given the tools to negotiate this new world.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
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