Цитаты — стр. 3

По-моему, у женщин бывает две красоты. Внешняя, которая видна всем, и внутренняя, тайная красота, истинная, которую женщины показывают лишь тем, кого любят.

Those women talked about me, the men probably did too. But none of them knew what I had, where I was going, who I was. Let them gossip and judge.

There were people behind me and I was aware of their whispers, soft laughter and a young child murmuring. It was cool in the terminal, but I felt the heat of social pressure. My temples ached and my feet tingled.

I was sixteen years old and had never been beyond my city, let alone near a launch station. I was by myself and I had just left my family. My prospects of marriage had been 100 percent and now they would be zero. No man wanted a woman who’d run away.

Он надеялся, что игра по правилам короля сохранит нам жизни, но не средства против порядков, установленных из ненависти.

"You get snow in Ilorin?" Again her eyes sparkle, like snow is an ancient legend about the gods. How strange that she was born to rule a kingdom she`s never even seen.

Mama Agba chants with a blind faith, patient and trusting, just as those who follow the God of TIme are meant to be.
As she calls on Orunmila for guidance, a pang of longing stirs in my heart. No matter how much I`ve wanted to, I`ve never had enough faith to call on Oya like that.

. Я не вполне понимаю беременность. Я единственный ребенок и вырос без питомцев или домашнего скота. Знания подцеплял то здесь, то там, а биологией никогда не интересовался. За исключением микробиологии, которую пришлось выучить позднее.