"Hell was a place of remembering, each beautiful moment passed through the mind's eye until it fell to the ground like a rotten mango, perfectly useless, uselessly perfect."
"Weakness if treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is konwing that everyone belongs to themselves."
"We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must always ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there"
"But for Yaw that was different. At the front of the classroom he was not himself. He was a performer in the tradition of village dancers and storytellers. At home, he was who he really was. Shy and lonely, angry and embarrassed. He did not want anyone to see him there."
TM ❶非黑即白-在Effia的村子裡,Everything bore the weight of everything else. ❷Maame:Weakness是對待他人像屬於你的,Strength是知道每個人屬於自己;❸這些人不是自然的孩子(these people do not come from nature);❹姐妹的孩子比自己的更重要。❺他們的生活方式:Eat or be eaten. Marry for protection. ❺人們經常看見她望著大海,好像要跳進去,試圖找到回家的路。