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1 " Even now, after everything he’s done, I still cannot bring myself to fear him. "
― Chibundu Onuzo
2 " I knew that when you had fallen, the memories that charted your decline became invaluable. "
― Chibundu Onuzo , The Spider King's Daughter
3 " Be courageous, not brave. Bravery was to dash out of the bomb shelter and grab the child left crying on the veranda. Courage was to go to the stream the day after a bomb had scattered your friend on that path because water must be fetched to sustain the life that was left. "
― Chibundu Onuzo , Welcome to Lagos
4 " Not even crocodiles eat their young...papa takes care of his children. "
― Chibundu Onuzo , Sankofa
5 " Even now after all he’s done, I’m still waiting for his attention. "
6 " If you prefer sitting in traffic to sitting at your desk, if you pass office hours waiting for closing time, if you spend more time on Facebook than you do attending to important emails then perhaps it's time for you to consider quitting your job. "
7 " Rotten eggs that will never hatch "
8 " A sense of rightness, a sense of self. It was nothing when you had it. You hardly noticed. But once it was missing, it was like a sliver of fruit on a long sea voyage, the difference between bleeding gums and survival. "
