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Lorraine Hansberry
“There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing.”
Lorraine Hansberry

“There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.”
Ann Patchett, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage

Ama Ata Aidoo
“Love? Love? Love is not safe, my lady silk, love is dangerous. It is deceitfully sweet like wine from a fresh palm tree at dawn. Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to. But when we need to count on human strength, and when we have to count pennies for food for our stomachs and clothes for our backs, love is nothing. Ah my lady, the last man any woman should think of marrying is the man she loves.”
Ama Ata Aidoo, Changes: A Love Story

Lola Shoneyin
“A real woman must always do the things she wants to do, and in her own time too. You must never allow yourself to be rushed into doing things you're not ready for.”
Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin
“My daughters were born with eyes in their stomachs so they are quick to digest all that they see.”
Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

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