“When it comes to dressing well, American culture is so self-fulfilled that it has not only disregarded this courtesy of self-presentation, but has turned that disregard into a virtue. "We are too superior/busy/cool/not-uptight to bother about how we look to other people, and so we can wear pajamas to school and underwear to the mall.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“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.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
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