Karalee

“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“It revealed the sheer dependence of the British, who, astonishingly, could not manage to do basic things like bake bread or get safely from one place to another without words stolen from other countries.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“I could see the generational differences: my grandmother wanting to bury what had happened, my mother hoping all would be fine now and everyone would be convinced I had told the truth, and me relieved to no longer be burdened by the shame of the secret but accepting there were some who would never believe me. We were all strong women, each coping in our own ways.”
― Toufah Jallow, Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement

“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel