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121 " the rule of Western journalism: One hundred dead black people equal one dead white person. "
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Half of a Yellow Sun
122 " There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable, "
123 " We shall not, we shall never move,Just like a tree that’s planted by the water,We shall not be moved.Ojukwu is behind us, we shall never move.God is behind us, we shall never move. They "
124 " Его пугало, что он по-прежнему спокойно спит. по ночам, что его, как и прежде, умиротворяет аромат апельсиновых листьев и бирюзовая морская гладь, что он не утратил способности чувствовать. "
125 " - Скорей бы кончилась эта война, тогда он снова станет прежним. Он совсем не тот, что раньше.- Война идёт для всех, и каждый решает для себя, меняться ему или нет. "
126 " He looked as if it were he who was receiving a gift; he had that expression of people who marveled at education with the calm certainty that it would never be theirs. "
127 " She had forgotten that they had high ideals. They were people of principle; they did not ask favours of highly placed friends. "
128 " You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?’ Aunty Ifeka said. ‘Your life belongs to you and you alone, soso gi. You will go back on Saturday. Let me hurry up and make some abacha for you to take. "
129 " I’m not staying here longer than another week. These people never fight civilized wars, do they? So much for calling it a civil war. "
130 " while their relatives and well-wishers stood by the sidelines and cheered—and who emerged bright-eyed, in brave uniforms stiff with starch, half of a yellow sun gleaming on their sleeves. He "
131 " His smart-fitting army uniform made him look straighter, leaner, and the sleeve had a skull-and-bones image next to the half of a yellow sun. "
132 " You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?’ Aunty Ifeka said. ‘Your life belongs to you and you alone, soso gi. "
133 " She had forgotten that they had high ideals. "
134 " The world has to know the truth of what is happening, because they simply cannot remain silent while we die. "
135 " The real tragedy of the postcolonial world is is that the majority of people had no say in whether or not they wanted this new world; rather, it is that the majority have not been given the tools to negotiate this new world. "
136 " Into my heart on air that killsFrom yon far country blows:What are those blue remembered hills,What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost contentI see it shining plain,The happy highways whereI went And cannot come again. "
137 " ¿Cómo se puede saber los verdaderos sentimientos de aquellos que no tienen voz? "
138 " The plastic keepsake attached to it was a painting of half of a yellow sun on a black background. "
139 " If God could make them care so genuinely, God was a worthy concept. "
140 " There is no such thing as greatness "