Sage Abena Jade

“How very odd that all it took was for her to put on a uniform like everyone else, and tie her hair back in a ponytail, to all of a sudden start being thought of as 'capable'.”
― Natsuko Imamura, The Woman in the Purple Skirt

“Even listening in on their plans for me did not take the tomato seller off my mind. After searching for days, I traced her to the farmland on the edge of our village. When I saw her, courage failed me. My liver weakened and I could not bring myself to talk to her. I abandoned my fufu and stalked her, overjoyed to be breathing the air she was breathing. I saw every man she teased. A gasp escaped my lips every time she rolled her hips and jiggled the beads that adorned her waist. Sweat was dripping from my neck like rain from the awning. I can’t explain why but I wanted her for myself. I wanted to build a house for her and keep the key between my breasts. I wanted to dress her in the finest aso oke so she could parade herself for my delight alone. I wanted to lock her between my thighs.”
― Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

“He often referred to the female gender in plural form, as if they did not exist except in batches.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“You can separate the idiots from the bloody idiots.”
― Balli Kaur Jaswal, Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows