Purple Hibiscus Kambili Quotes & Sayings

It mattered a great deal who occupied your country. The — George Friedman

Q: How do you kill a hydra?
A: You strike at its heart. — Madeleine Roux

In America we saw more food than we had seen in all our lives and we were so happy we rummaged through the dustbins of our souls to retrieve the stained, broken pieces of God. — NoViolet Bulawayo

He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not change his posture, the Earth in the meantime having changed its, he will have the sun no longer before him, but behind. — Daniel De Leon

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease. — Nancy Mitford

I'm always thinking, 'What next,' even while working on one play or shooting for a film. — Lillete Dubey

I dream the dreams of the young,' he said. 'And they are always dreams of being older, and richer, and wiser, and stronger, don't you think? — Anne Rice

It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself. — Sylvester Stallone

Clergymen almost necessarily fail in two ways as teachers of morals. They condemn acts which do no harm and they condone acts which do great harm. — Bertrand Russell

you tell me
i am not like most girls
and learn to kiss me with your eyes closed
something about the phrase - something about
how i have to be unlike the women
i call sisters in order to be wanted
makes me want to spit your tongue out
like i am supposed to be proud you picked me
as if i should be relieved you think
i am better than them — Rupi Kaur

Aokpe will always be special because it was the reason Kambili and Jaja first came to Nsukka. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. — Felix Mendelssohn

Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life. — Jonathan Swift

I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry. — Yusuf Islam

I've had an addiction for a long time to the whole business of maximizing one's potential, what I call human activation. The vehicle for actualizing oneself is choice, options, seeking out the proper choices. — Padgett Powell