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I knew the truth all the same: that she was doing it for her own good…she was doing it because she was overwhelmed: by life, by the war, by the thought of having to try and make it without Papa.

— Chinelo Okparanta Under the Udala Trees (2015)

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Love - the greatest connection to humanity when everything else is falling apart.

With a man, life is difficult. Without a man, life is even more difficult.

The fact that the Bible says [homosexuality is] bad is all the reason you need. Besides, how can people be fruitful and multiply if they carry on in that way?

Under the Udala Trees (2015)

Hardly have I finished speaking the words, and she vanishes, the way that people sometimes do, even from our minds.

In all the ways he can love you, I promise to love you better. I suppose it's the way we are, humans that we are.

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