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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

No Sweetness Here’ is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you Picture Quote #1

What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It’s not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa Picture Quote #1

Sometimes novels are considered ‘important’ in the way medicine is - they taste terrible and are difficult to get down your throat, but are good for you Picture Quote #1

I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn’t want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking ‘young’ meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up Picture Quote #1

We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they’re already guilty of something Picture Quote #1

Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access Picture Quote #1

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If you don’t understand, ask questions. If you’re uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It’s easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here’s to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding Picture Quote #1

I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty Picture Quote #1

In particular I want to talk about natural black hair, and how it’s not just hair. I mean, I’m interested in hair in sort of a very aesthetic way, just the beauty of hair, but also in a political way: what it says, what it means Picture Quote #1

My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I’ve always wanted to write about that period - in some ways to digest it for myself, something that defined me but that I didn’t go through Picture Quote #1

Greatness depends on where you are coming from Picture Quote #1

Your life belongs to you and you alone Picture Quote #1

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I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there Picture Quote #1

This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles Picture Quote #1

There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable Picture Quote #1

To choose to write is to reject silence Picture Quote #1

Culture does not make people. People make culture Picture Quote #1

I was stained by failure Picture Quote #1

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The only reason race matters is because of racism Picture Quote #1

The higher you go, the fewer women there are Picture Quote #1

Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes Picture Quote #1

Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from Picture Quote #1

How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives we imagined Picture Quote #1

All over the world, there are so many magazine articles and books telling women what to do, how to be and not to be, in order to attract or please men. There are far fewer guides for men about pleasing women Picture Quote #1

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The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations Picture Quote #1

I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue Picture Quote #1

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story Picture Quote #1

He was already looking at their relationship through the lens of the past tense. It puzzled her, the ability of romantic love to mutate, how quickly a loved one could become a stranger. Where did the love go? Perhaps real love was familial, somehow, linked to blood, since love for children did not die as romantic love did Picture Quote #1

Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in Picture Quote #1

This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see Picture Quote #1

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No Sweetness Here’ is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and it does what I think all good literature should: It entertains you. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It’s not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Sometimes novels are considered ‘important’ in the way medicine is - they taste terrible and are difficult to get down your throat, but are good for you. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn’t want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking ‘young’ meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) We teach girls shame; close your legs, cover yourself, we make them feel as though by being born female they’re already guilty of something. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) If you don’t understand, ask questions. If you’re uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It’s easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here’s to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) In particular I want to talk about natural black hair, and how it’s not just hair. I mean, I’m interested in hair in sort of a very aesthetic way, just the beauty of hair, but also in a political way: what it says, what it means. (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I’ve always wanted to write about that period - in some ways to digest it for myself, something that defined me but that I didn’t go through (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Greatness depends on where you are coming from (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Your life belongs to you and you alone (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) To choose to write is to reject silence (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Culture does not make people. People make culture (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) I was stained by failure (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) The only reason race matters is because of racism (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) The higher you go, the fewer women there are (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) How easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives we imagined (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) All over the world, there are so many magazine articles and books telling women what to do, how to be and not to be, in order to attract or please men. There are far fewer guides for men about pleasing women (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) I write from real life. I am an unrepentant eavesdropper and a collector of stories. I record bits of overheard dialogue (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) He was already looking at their relationship through the lens of the past tense. It puzzled her, the ability of romantic love to mutate, how quickly a loved one could become a stranger. Where did the love go? Perhaps real love was familial, somehow, linked to blood, since love for children did not die as romantic love did (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes) This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes)

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