Daily Dose

From Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

ONE DAY

"'One day they will be grown and leave home and you will just be a source of embarrassment or exasperation for them and they won't take your phone calls or won't call you for weeks,' Obinze said, and as soon as he said it, he wished he had not. It was petty, it had not come out as he intended. But Ojuiugo was not offended. She shrugged and said, 'Then I will just carry my bag and go and stand in front of their house.'"

From Chapter 24

Daily Dose

From Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

AS WELL

"'Morality, as well as the sense of taste, is relative,' Obiora said."

From page 156

Daily Dose

From Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

BLUSTER

"So please find some good non-blustering men.  Men like your brother Ugomba, men like our friend Chinakueze.  Because the truth is that she will encounter a lot of male bluster in her life.  So it is good to have alternatives from very early on."

From Tenth Suggestion

Daily Dose

From We Should All Be Feminists, by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie

SOME PEOPLE

"Some people ask, 'Why the word feminist?  Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?'  Because that would be dishonest."

From page 41