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41 " As for us, we moved about in that unhurried way of the butterflies, as if the breeze was sweet, as if the sun on our skin was a caress. As if slow paces allowed for the savoring of both. "
― Chinelo Okparanta , Under the Udala Trees
42 " Wasn’t it the belief, after all, that women looked more beautiful during ovulation—or more gorgeous, if you would? At least there was an upside. "
― Chinelo Okparanta
43 " I found myself having a physical reaction to her in my thoughts. I became so engorged, so swollen with desire, that the only relief I could think of was to pleasure myself, "
44 " But we were in love, or at least I believed myself completely to be. I craved Amina’s presence for no other reason than to have it. It was certainly friendship too, this intimate companionship with someone who knew me in a way that no one else did: it was a heightened state of friendship. Maybe it was also a bit of infatuation. But what I knew for sure was that it was also love. Maybe love was some combination of friendship and infatuation. A deeply felt affection accompanied by a certain sort of awe. And by gratitude. And by a desire for a lifetime of togetherness. "
45 " Si vous vous lancez dans une chasse aux sorcières, vous finirez bien par en trouver une. Quand vous la rencontrerez, elle aura l'allure de madame Tout-le-monde. Pourtant, à vos yeux, sa peau semblera luire de rayures noires et blanches. Vous verrez son balai, vous entendrez son ricanement, et vous sentirez la puissance de ses sortilèges s'exercer sur vous. Qu'importe qu'elle ne ressemble en rien à une sorcière, car à vos yeux elle en sera bien une. "
46 " Bien sûr, c'était aussi de l'amitié, ce compagnonnage intime avec une personne qui me connaissait comme nulle autre : une forme supérieure d'amitié. Mais il y avait aussi de la passion. Toutefois, j’étais certaine d'une chose : c'était également de l'amour. "
47 " Happiness is like water, she says ‘We’re always trying to grab onto it, but it’s always slipping between our fingers "
― Chinelo Okparanta , Happiness, Like Water
48 " Because a new change was looming, and I was finding myself forced to acknowledge that the limit of my imagination was by no means the limit of the world. "