Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus

"Papa said that the parish priest in Abba was not spiritual enough. That was the problem with our people, Papa told us, our priorities were wrong; we cared too much about huge church buildings and mighty statues. You would never see white people doing that."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus

"There is so much that is still silent between Jaja and me. Perhaps we will talk more with time, or perhaps we never will be able to say it all, to clothe things in words, things that have long been naked."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus