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Kambili Achike Quotes
16 of the best book quotes from Kambili Achike
- #1″ Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebooksPurple HibiscusThings Fall ApartcharactersKambili AchikeJaja Achikeconceptshomecommunionfamilychaos
- #2“I knew that when the tea burned my tongue, it burned Papa’s love into me. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikePapaconceptsteaburninglovepainful
- #3“We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikeJaja Achikeconceptscommunicationanswersbottling up emotions
- #4“He was gracious, in the eager-to-please way that he always assumed with the ... white religious. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikePapaconceptsreligionwhite peopleSuperiorityeagerness
- #5“I meant to say I am sorry that Papa broke your figurines, but the words that came out were, ‘I’m sorry your figurines broke, Mama.’”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikeMamaconceptsfeel sorryabusebrokenfamily
- #6“I was not sure what my laughter sounded like. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharacterKambili Achikeconceptslaughterdreamsunhappy families
- #7“The painting ... represented something lost, something I had never had, would never have. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikePapa-Nnukwuconceptsfamily trialsmaking connectionsdenyingpainting
- #8“You could say anything at any time to anyone. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikeAunty Ifeomaconceptsconversationsharsh rulesspeak up
- #9″ I did not even think to think what Mama needed to be forgiven for. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikeMamaconceptsforgivenesspregnancymiscarriage
- #10“That’s a hibiscus, isn’t it, Aunty? ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikeAunty IfeomaJaja Achikeconceptsflowersfreedom
- #11“The old silence had broken and left us with the sharp pieces. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharacterKambili Achikeconceptsfamily trialschangeoppression
- #12“Silence hangs over us, but ... a different kind of silence, one that lets me breathe. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikePapaconceptsdeathfreedomhopesadness
- #13″ It was hard to turn my head, but I did it and looked away. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharactersKambili AchikePapaconceptsbeatenfathersquestioning
- #14“We did not scale the rod because we ... could, we scaled it because we were terrified ... we couldn’t. ”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiebookPurple HibiscuscharacterKambili Achikeconceptshigh expectationterrifyingfear
- #15“Something from God was happening there.”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiepersonGodbookPurple HibiscuscharactersAunty IfeomaKambili Achikeconceptsjoychangenew
- #16“Mama used to tell Jaja and me that God was undecided about what to send, rain or sun. We would sit in our rooms and look out at the raindrops glinting with sunlight, waiting for God to decide.”authorChimamanda Ngozi AdichiepersonGodbookPurple HibiscuscharacterKambili Achikeconceptsweathernaturedecisions
