“ Every Christmas, all around Ghana, there are tons of these parties and they are full of everything that exists in human life in Ghana and worldwide. Taiye Selasi
“ As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship… Taiye Selasi
“ She sleeps like a cocoyam. A thing without senses. She sleeps like his mother, unplugged from the world. Taiye Selasi
“ He feels a second pang now for the existence of perfection, the stubborn existence of perfection in the most vulnerable of things and in the face of his refusal-logical-admirable refusal-to engage wit… Taiye Selasi
“ They were doers and thinkers and lovers and seekers and givers, but dreamers, most dangerously of all. Taiye Selasi