He had discovered that grief did not dim with time; it was instead a volatile state of being.
He blamed her for making him a person who was not entirely in control of what he was feeling.
Había algo humillantemente público y carente de dignidad en ese lugar, en ese espacio abierto con tantas mesas y tanta comida.
Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.
Feminismo y feminidad no se excluyen mutuamente. Es misógino sugerir lo contrario. Por desgracia, las mujeres han aprendido a avergonzarse y disculparse de los intereses que tradicionalmente se consid...
Eugene has to stop doing God's job. God is big enough to do his own job. If God will judge our father for choosing to follow the way of our ancestors, then let God do the judging, not Eugene.
Estás en un país que no es el tuyo. Para salir adelante, haces lo que tengas que hacer.
Enseña a Chizalum a leer. Enséñale el amor por los libros. La mejor manera de hacerlo es mediante el ejemplo. Si te ve leyendo, comprenderá que leer es valioso. Si no fuera a la escuela y solo leyera...
Ela parecia tão feliz, tão em paz, e eu me perguntei como alguém perto de mim podia se sentir assim, quando havia fogo líquido me queimando por dentro, quando o medo misturado à esperança se agarrava...
El problema con el género es que prescribe cómo debemos ser, en vez de reconocer cómo somos. Imagina cuánto más felices seríamos, cuánta más libertad tendríamos para ser nosotros mismos, si no tuviése...
Education is a priority! How can we resist exploitation if we don’t have the tools to understand exploitation?
Don’t even bother telling a white conservative about anything racist that happened to you. Because the conservative will tell you that YOU are the real racist and your mouth will hang open in confusio...
Don't see it as forgiving him. See it as allowing yourself to be happy.
Do you want to go to Nsukka?’ I asked when we got to the landing. ‘Yes,’ he said, and his eyes said that he knew I did, too. And I could not find the words in our eye language to tell him how my throa...
Do it together. Remember in primary school we learned that a verb is a 'doing' word? Well, a father is as much a verb as a mother.
Darkness descended upon him, and when it lifted he knew that he would never see Kainene again and that his life would always be a candlelit room; he would see things only in shadow, only in half glimp...
Criamos a las mujeres para que se vean las unas a las otras como competidoras, y no por puestos de trabajo ni logros personales, que es algo que en mi opinión podría ser bueno, sino por la atención de...
Com freqüência fazíamos perguntas cujas respostas já sabíamos. Talvez fizéssemos isso para não precisarmos formular as outras perguntas, aquelas cujas respostas não queríamos saber.
CHAPTER 1 Princeton, in the summer, smelled of nothing, and although Ifemelu liked the tranquil greenness of the many trees, the clean streets and stately homes, the delicately overpriced shops, and t...
C'est étrange, à chaque événement majeur dans ma vie, j'ai toujours pensé que tu étais la seule personne qui puisse me comprendre.