749 Quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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    The vice chancellor announced that all evening classes were cancelled and everyone had to be indoors by 9 p.m. This did not make much sense to me, since the shooting happened in sparkling daylight

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  • Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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    L'unica storia crea stereotipi. E il problema degli stereotipi non è che sono falsi, ma che sono incompleti. Trasformano una storia in un'unica storia.

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  • Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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    ...a Nigerian couple visiting from Maryland, their two boys sitting next to them on the sofa, both buttoned-up and stiff, caged in the airlessness of their parents' immigrant aspirations.

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    A sated belly gave Americans the luxury of praising themselves for being good parents, as if caring for one's child was the exception rather than the rule.

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    Não tinha mais certeza, na verdade nunca tivera certeza, se gostava de sua vida porque realmente gostava ou se porque deveria gostar.

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    She imagines the cocoa brown of Nnedi's eyes lighting up, her lips moving quickly, explaining that riots do not happen in a vacuum, that religion and ethnicity are often politicized because the ruler is safe if the hungry ruled are killing one another.

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  • Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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    Tudo bem, você pode falar desse jeito complicado, mas o que eu estou dizendo é verdade. Cabelo natural tem algo de desleixado e desmazelado.

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