I would come, many years later, to understand why To Kill A Mockingbird is considered an important novel, but when I first read it at 11, I was simply absorbed by the way it evoked the mysteries of childhood, of treasures discovered in trees, and games played with an exotic summer friend.
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePrivilege blinds, because it's in its nature to blind. Don't let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see clearly.
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre.
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThere are many different ways to be poor in the world but increasingly there seems to be one single way to be rich.
Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHow easy it was to lie to strangers, to create with strangers the versions of our lives we imagined.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie