Melanie Bright

“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. She told him how she very much wanted God to exist but feared He did not, how she worried that she should know what she wanted to do with her life but did not”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“Educate a boy, and you educate an individual. Educate a girl, and you educate a community.”
― Adelaide Hoodless

“It seemed so natural, to talk to him about the odd things. She had never done that before. The trust, so sudden and yet so complete, and the intimacy, frightened her.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“You young people never say anything. And us old folks don't know how to stop talking.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind