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Kambili Achike Quotes

16 of the best book quotes from Kambili Achike

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″ Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Things Fall Apart

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“I knew that when the tea burned my tongue, it burned Papa’s love into me. ”

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Purple Hibiscus

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“We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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“He was gracious, in the eager-to-please way that he always assumed with the ... white religious. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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“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.’”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“I was not sure what my laughter sounded like. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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“The painting ... represented something lost, something I had never had, would never have. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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“You could say anything at any time to anyone. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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″ I did not even think to think what Mama needed to be forgiven for. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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“That’s a hibiscus, isn’t it, Aunty? ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“The old silence had broken and left us with the sharp pieces. ”

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“Silence hangs over us, but ... a different kind of silence, one that lets me breathe. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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″ It was hard to turn my head, but I did it and looked away. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“We did not scale the rod because we ... could, we scaled it because we were terrified ... we couldn’t. ”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Purple Hibiscus

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“Something from God was happening there.”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“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.”

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