Adrian

“A grudging, mean little message meant just for me: Don’t be too full of yourself. Never ever take up too much space.”
― ReShonda Tate, The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

“When Papa prayed for Papa-Nnukwu, he asked only that God convert him and save him from the raging fires of hell.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus

“Amaka and Papa-Nnukwu spoke sometimes, their voices low, twining together. They understood each other, using the sparest words. Watching them, I felt a longing for something I knew I would never have.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus

“but anyone that dresses and does their hair as carefully as your mom does every single day is unhappy on the inside. She’s trying to hide all her messiness,”
― Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful