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Purple Hibiscus Quotes
20 of the best book quotes from Purple Hibiscus
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″ Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Things Fall Apart
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Purple Hibiscus
books
Kambili Achike
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Jaja Achike
characters
home
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family
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chaos
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communion
concepts
02
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“I knew that when the tea burned my tongue, it burned Papa’s love into me. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Eugene Achike
characters
love
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burning
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tea
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painful
concepts
03
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“We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Jaja Achike
characters
answers
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communication
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bottling up emotions
concepts
04
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“He was gracious, in the eager-to-please way that he always assumed with the ... white religious. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Eugene Achike
characters
superiority
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religion
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white people
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eagerness
concepts
05
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“He was smiling ... He was smiling. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Ifeoma
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Papa-Nnukwu
characters
death
ᐧ
joy
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Smiles
concepts
06
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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
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Mama
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Kambili Achike
characters
family
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abuse
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feel sorry
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broken
concepts
07
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“I was not sure what my laughter sounded like. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
character
dreams
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laughter
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unhappy families
concepts
08
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“The painting ... represented something lost, something I had never had, would never have. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Papa-Nnukwu
characters
painting
ᐧ
family trials
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making connections
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denying
concepts
09
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“You could say anything at any time to anyone. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Ifeoma
characters
conversations
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harsh rules
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speak up
concepts
10
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″ I did not even think to think what Mama needed to be forgiven for. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Mama
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Kambili Achike
characters
forgiveness
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pregnancy
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miscarriage
concepts
11
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“That’s a hibiscus, isn’t it, Aunty? ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Jaja Achike
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Ifeoma
characters
freedom
ᐧ
flowers
concepts
12
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“The old silence had broken and left us with the sharp pieces. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
character
change
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oppression
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family trials
concepts
13
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“Silence hangs over us, but ... a different kind of silence, one that lets me breathe. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Eugene Achike
characters
death
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sadness
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freedom
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hope
concepts
14
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“Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Jaja Achike
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Ifeoma
characters
defiance
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rebellion
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good
concepts
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″ It was hard to turn my head, but I did it and looked away. ”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Eugene Achike
characters
fathers
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beaten
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questioning
concepts
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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
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
character
fear
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high expectation
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terrifying
concepts
17
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“Morality, as well as the sense of taste, is relative.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Obiora
character
comparison
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morality
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repression
concepts
18
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“Something from God was happening there.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
God
person
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
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Ifeoma
characters
change
ᐧ
joy
ᐧ
new
concepts
19
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“When a house is on fire, you run out before the roof collapses on your head.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
Purple Hibiscus
book
Ifeoma
character
violence
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abuse
ᐧ
escape
concepts
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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.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
author
God
person
Purple Hibiscus
book
Kambili Achike
character
nature
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weather
ᐧ
decisions
concepts
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chaos
communion
Kambili Achike
Jaja Achike
love
burning
tea
painful
Eugene Achike
answers
communication
bottling up emotions
superiority
religion
white people
eagerness
death
joy
Smiles
Ifeoma
Papa-Nnukwu
abuse
Mama
feel sorry
broken
dreams
laughter
unhappy families
painting
family trials
making connections
denying
conversations
harsh rules
speak up
forgiveness
pregnancy
miscarriage
freedom
flowers
change
oppression
sadness
hope
defiance
rebellion
good
fathers
beaten
questioning
fear
high expectation
terrifying
comparison
morality
repression
Obiora
new
violence
escape
nature
weather
decisions
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