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Half of a Yellow Sun

With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this

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“There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com

Tagged: Forgiving, sins, Problems, harm

“You can’t write a script in your mind and then force yourself to follow it. You have to let yourself be.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com

Tagged: Expectation, Reality

“Look at you. You’re the kindest person I know. Look how beautiful you are. Why do you need so much outside of yourself? Why isn’t what you are enough?”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com

Tagged: kindness, Appreciation, beauty, admiration, motivation

“I knew what I wanted to run to. But it didn’t exist, so I didn’t leave.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com

Tagged: Running Away, fears, Leaving, Staying, decision

“Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it this belonging, this completeness?”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, amazon.com

Tagged: Love In Lit, love quotes