“Let peace be. Let life be.” WisdomAcceptanceLife And Living Book:Under the Udala Trees Source: Under the Udala Trees
“And now she began muttering to herself. "God , who created you, must have known what He did. Enough is enough.” LoveWisdomAcceptanceLife And Living Book:Under the Udala Trees Source: Under the Udala Trees
“...as if in rebellion, certain emotions become amplified at the exact moments when you are expected not to feel them at all.” NostalgiaLeaving HomeLife Journeys Book:Happiness, Like Water Source: Happiness, Like Water
“You'll marry your studies? Marry your books? You already have one degree but you want another. You'll marry your degrees?” LifestyleMarriage AdviceMarriage CounselingTraditional ValuesDifference Between Men And Women Author:Chinelo Okparanta
“Happiness is like water. We’re always trying to grab onto it, but it’s always slipping between our fingers” TryingWater Book:Happiness, Like Water Source: Happiness, Like Water
“I realized that for many people attending a reading is like watching television at the end of a long day. They don't want to be sad but to laugh. Chances are they'll pick the sitcoms over the horror movies. So I learned that, while one's larger body of fiction can have quite a bit of sadness and conflict and tragedy in it , in a reading environment, the average audience member seems able to tolerate only a little bit of sadness. They'd much rather the reading be sexy, funny, and witty. Life is hard these days. There's more than enough sadness in the world, so I can't blame them.” PeopleWorldLongEnoughReadingChanceAudienceLaughingEnvironmentSadnessHorrorConflictTragedyBlameWittySexyI RealizedTolerateSitcomLife Is HardLong Day Author:Chinelo Okparanta
“When we live in our own privileged little bubble, it is convenient to pretend that all is well with the world, that everyone enjoys the same privileges that we do. We conveniently forget that there are others, sometimes our very own next-door neighbors, who suffer in ways that we do not.” WorldSometimesSufferingEnjoyForgetNeighborBubbles Author:Chinelo Okparanta
