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21 " Didn’t think it was possible for the world to change so suddenly. I was aware of other people moving up and down the corridor: I heard heels clicking, people speaking, felt some bodies push past mine. But I felt so alone, as though within the space of time it had taken Yejide to say, “They have taken Olamide to the mortuary” I had been transported to a planet with no human life. "
― Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ , Stay with Me
22 " The road stretches before us, shrouded in a darkness transitioning into dawn as it leads me back to you. "
23 " My mother had become a obsession for me, a religion, and the very thought of referring to another woman as Mother seems sacrilegious, a betrayal of the woman who had given up her life for me to live. "
24 " This is it then – fifteen years here and, though my house is not on fire, all I’m taking is a bag of gold and a change of clothes. The things that matter are inside me, locked up below my breast as though in a grave, a place of permanence, my coffin-like treasure chest. "
25 " There is nothing stopping a beautiful girl from facing her books "
26 " But I think I did believe that love had immense power to unearth all that was good in us, refine us and reveal to us the better version ourselves "
27 " Besides, what would be left of love without truth stretched beyond its limits, without those better versions of ourselves that we present as the only ones that exist? "
28 " Di we ever really know what we will do in any situation until the situation presents itself? "
29 " She said the word 'beautiful' as if beauty was a bad habit Bolu had developed, something bordering on criminal behavior for which she would one day be justifiably punished. "
30 " Before you call the snail a weakling, tie your house to your back and carry it around for a week, "
31 " Iya Martha had stopped talking, but her mouth still hung open. If one moved close enough, that mouth oozed an unbearable stench, like stale urine. "
32 " I did not feel better. I would not feel better for a very long time. Already, I was coming undone, like a hastily tied scarf coming loose, on the ground before the owner is aware of it. "
33 " My tears had nothing to do with Yejide. I didn’t give a damn about how she felt that day. Rage coiled itself around my throat like a constrictor, made my eyes water, gave me a sharp pain in my chest each time I took a breath. "
34 " your family which, for a misguided period, I thought was also mine. "
35 " We thank God the pestle doesn’t kill the mortar. If it did, how would we be able to enjoy wonderful pounded yam? "
36 " Ако бремето е твърде голямо и се задържи прекалено дълго, дори любовта се огъва, пропуква се, стига точката на пречупване и понякога се пречупва. Но дори когато е на хиляди парчета в краката ти, това не означава, че вече не е любов. "
37 " Гневът беше по-лесно поносим от срама. "
38 " ...когато животът ти се присмива, ти също се смееш и се преструваш, че схващаш шегата. "
39 " (...) as maiores mentiras são na maioria das vezes as que contamos a nós mesmos. (...) às vezes, confiar é mais fácil do que duvidar. "
40 " Moomi said Olamide was a bad child, an evil girl who had chosen to die. I almost slapped her when she said it. "