I Do Not Come to You by Chance Quotes

“Good mothers know all about patience. They know about lugging the promise of a baby around for nine whole months, about the effort of pushing and puffing until a head pops; they know about being pinned to a spot, wincing as gums make contact with sore nipples; they know about keeping a vigil over a cot all night, praying that the doctor's medicine will work; they know that even when patience seems to be at an end, more is required. Always more.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“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

“I always find it funny when people say that money makes people proud. If you check it, poor people are some of the proudest people in this world.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“It is amazing the things we never know about ourselves, the skills that situations and circumstances drag out of us...”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“After all, my father, with all his brilliance, was wallowing in poverty. I shuddered at the thought of ending up like him - full brain, empty pocket.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“Okuko si na ya anaghi eti ka egbe ji ya haa ya; kama na ya na-eti ka oha nuru olu ya. The chicken carried away by a hawk says that it is crying not so that the thing carrying it will let it go, but so that the public will hear its voice and be witness.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“The only time women become dangerous is when there is nothing else they want from you.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“Every human being deserved at least one person to laugh at his jokes, no matter how dry. After”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

“I’m waiting for the right woman to come along,’ I replied. ‘Stay there and continue waiting. If that’s the case, you’ll never get married.”
― Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance