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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. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
books
Purple Hibiscus
Things Fall Apart
characters
Kambili Achike
Jaja Achike
concepts
home
communion
family
chaos
#2
“I knew that when the tea burned my tongue, it burned Papa’s love into me. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Papa
concepts
tea
burning
love
painful
#3
“We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Jaja Achike
concepts
communication
answers
bottling up emotions
#4
“He was gracious, in the eager-to-please way that he always assumed with the ... white religious. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Papa
concepts
religion
white people
Superiority
eagerness
#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.’”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Mama
concepts
feel sorry
abuse
broken
family
#6
“I was not sure what my laughter sounded like. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
character
Kambili Achike
concepts
laughter
dreams
unhappy families
#7
“The painting ... represented something lost, something I had never had, would never have. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Papa-Nnukwu
concepts
family trials
making connections
denying
painting
#8
“You could say anything at any time to anyone. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Aunty Ifeoma
concepts
conversations
harsh rules
speak up
#9
″ I did not even think to think what Mama needed to be forgiven for. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Mama
concepts
forgiveness
pregnancy
miscarriage
#10
“That’s a hibiscus, isn’t it, Aunty? ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Aunty Ifeoma
Jaja Achike
concepts
flowers
freedom
#11
“The old silence had broken and left us with the sharp pieces. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
character
Kambili Achike
concepts
family trials
change
oppression
#12
“Silence hangs over us, but ... a different kind of silence, one that lets me breathe. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Papa
concepts
death
freedom
hope
sadness
#13
″ It was hard to turn my head, but I did it and looked away. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Kambili Achike
Papa
concepts
beaten
fathers
questioning
#14
“We did not scale the rod because we ... could, we scaled it because we were terrified ... we couldn’t. ”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book
Purple Hibiscus
character
Kambili Achike
concepts
high expectation
terrifying
fear
#15
“Something from God was happening there.”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
person
God
book
Purple Hibiscus
characters
Aunty Ifeoma
Kambili Achike
concepts
joy
change
new
#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.”
author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
person
God
book
Purple Hibiscus
character
Kambili Achike
concepts
weather
nature
decisions
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