Last Seen in Lapaz Quotes

“Now you will know the real
hell. Not the one you go to after you die.
This is the one you go before.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“She knew all about sexual assault. It enraged her every time the ugly
menace arose in a case, but she tried to keep her emotions out of the
investigations, and never, ever, would she reveal to her coworkers
what had happened to her not so long ago.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“When I found you, Father, everything seemed to be new and
smooth, as if I had pulled onto a fine highway from a bumpy village
road.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“The desire Kayode thought he had conquered
through prayer had in fact gone nowhere. It had
only hidden in the shadows.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“First, she had been unconsciously absorbing this virginity rule
without ever questioning it. Second . . . it struck her that virginity
was a male fetish wrapped tightly around another male fetish called
“purity.” Emma was certain that whoever originated the concept of virginity
was a man.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“As she left the Medical Center, she didn’t realize that, if
only she had been listening more carefully, she could have solved
the murder of Femi Adebanjo then and there.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“In Nigeria, or Ghana, for that matter, no one grabs you by the ear
to march you off to the police station. Vigilante justice is much
faster and more effective.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“She wasn’t everything to him. Money was.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“Truth never sells; only lies.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“Why are people so evil to each other? We need to spread good in the
world, not evil.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“You seem to be running a relay race all by yourself and
keeping the baton while your team member
is waiting for you to pass it. You don’t need to go it
alone; neither do you need to prove yourself to anyone.
Including your father.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“This is not an enemy issue, it’s a big-gun-small-dick issue.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“He’s the kind to fear most. One moment they’re
cool, the next they’re in a hot fury—aggression that
lurks like a crouching tiger ready to strike.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“Because she was trying to flee from them, they regarded her as a fugitive from the jaws of the Alligator.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“When Ngozi opened her eyes, she had a split second of disorientation.
Where was this dazzling, airy room? Heaven? No, East
Legon in a beautiful bed with a beautiful man—close enough.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“Maybe a stranger who listens is the best audience. People close to you are judgmental.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“Dressed in an expensive-looking dark
gray suit, the man was in his early sixties and had the air of one
accustomed to giving orders, not carrying them out.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“The building looked even more spectacular to Ngozi than it had in Femi’s phone pic. 
A pale cream rather than true white, it was two stories high with cappuccino trim and dark, 
reflecting windows. A central balcony overlooked the driveway.
“Wow,” Ngozi murmured. “The White House.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz

“When love comes knocking like this, you
can only let him in.”
― Kwei Quartey, Last Seen in Lapaz