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“A real woman must always do the things she wants to do, and in her own time too. You must never allow yourself to be rushed into doing things you're not ready for.”
― The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
― The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
“[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody’s, to make him normal.”
― We Need New Names
― We Need New Names
“There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.”
― This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
― This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
“There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.”
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“My lady Silk, remember that a man always gains in stature any way he chooses to associate with a woman - including adultery...but in her association with a man, a woman is always in danger of being diminished.”
― Changes: A Love Story
― Changes: A Love Story
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"And where the words of women are crying to be heard, we must each of us recognize our responsibility to seek those words out, to read them and share ...more
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