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Quotes from Notes on Grief — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

born 1977 Nigeria

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15 quotes

“I have always longed to be known, truly known by another human being.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

“Writing fiction is the love of my life. It's the thing that I think gives me meaning.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

“Women in general are more likely to have richer interior lives and are also socialized to just sort of embrace more complexity emotionally.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

“Feminism for me is about justice; it’s about the idea that all human beings are equal… Feminism just means equality of opportunity.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

“There are two answers to the things they will teach you about our land: the real answer and the answer you give in school to pass. You must read books and learn both answers.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

“I am not apologetic for being a Nigerian. I won’t apologise for it; it’s who and what I am.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

How is it that the world keeps going, breathing in and out unchanged, while in my soul there is a permanent scattering?

Notes on Grief (2021)

“Social media has reshaped the traditional power dynamic by giving some access to the powerless, it has also made it easy to mistake the loudest voices for the truest.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

“I’ve always been willing to take the consequences of speaking my mind. ... No, no, no. I said what I believe.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

Age is irrelevant in grief; at issue is not how old he was but how loved.

Notes on Grief (2021)

For the rest of my life, I will live with my hands outstretched for things that are no longer there.

Notes on Grief (2021)

It does not matter whether I want to be changed, because I am changed.

Notes on Grief (2021)

“We do a great disservice to boys in how we raise them. We stifle the humanity of boys. We define masculinity in a very narrow way. Masculinity is a hard, small cage, and we put boys inside this cage.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

“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.”

Notes on Grief (2021)

No , most are set in the U.S.—except for “Cell One” and “The Headstrong Historian.” I’ve written quite a bit about Nigerians in the U.S. When I set out to write about America, I didn’t feel called to do a novel. I like stories, the kind of prose that is in touch with poetry.

Notes on Grief (2021)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.