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Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.”

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a renowned Nigerian author whose works delve into the intricacies of African life and identity. Born on September 15, 1977, she has garnered international recognition for her novels and short stories. more

“Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He try to make you think he everywhere. Soon as you think he everywhere, you think he God. But he ain't. Whenever you trying to pray, and man plop himself on the other end of it, tell him to git lost, say Shug. Conjure up the flowers, wind, water, a big rock.”

Thinking Men Trying Ends Bigs Lost Water Rocks Wind Flower Praying Radio Boxes Make You Think Grit Shug

Book:Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism

Source: Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism

“I think us here to wonder, myself. To wonder. To ask. And that in wondering bout the big things and asking bout the big things, you learn about the little ones, almost by accident. But you never know nothing more about the big things than you start out with. The more I wonder, the more I love.”

Thinking Knows Life Littles Bigs Asks Wonder Asking Accidents Awe Big Things Wonder Love

Author:Alice Walker

“I feel a little peculiar around the children. For one thing, they grown. And I see they think me and Nettie and Shug and Albert and Samuel and Harpo and Sofia and Jack and Odessa real old and don't know much what going on. But I don't think us feel old at all. And us so happy. Matter of fact, I think this the youngest us ever felt.”

Thinking Knows Feels Children Littles Real Matter Facts Felt One Thing Peculiar Matter Of Fact Odessa Shug

Author:Alice Walker

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