His appearance is like a favourite piece of music to her, sounding a little different each time she hears it.
“How long have you worked for my aunt?” I asked her. “Since Moses was in nappies.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“(“To listen to his singing,” Billy diagnosed, “is to have the rare pleasure of envying the deaf.”)”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“Youth is an irreplaceable treasure, and the only respectable thing to do with irreplaceable treasure is to waste it.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“Because a man who argues is ambitious, but a woman who argues is just a bitch.”
― By Any Other Name
― By Any Other Name
“because he wished Okwudiba would see that to call him humble was to make rudeness normal.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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