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Chinelo Okparanta quotes: Man and wife, the Bible said. It was a nice thought, but only in the limited way that theoretical things often are.

Man and wife, the Bible said. It was a nice thought, but only in the limited way that theoretical things often are.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: Shame is the power we give others to wield over us.

Shame is the power we give others to wield over us.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: Suddenly she could see her future in the relationship: a lifetime of feeling like an afterthought.

Suddenly she could see her future in the relationship: a lifetime of feeling like an afterthought.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: I was finding myself forced to acknowledge that the limit of my imagination was by no means the limit of the world.

I was finding myself forced to acknowledge that the limit of my imagination was by no means the limit of the world.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: Wasn't it the belief, after all, that women looked more beautiful during ovulation - or more gorgeous, if you would? At least there was an upside.

Wasn't it the belief, after all, that women looked more beautiful during ovulation - or more gorgeous, if you would? At least there was an upside.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: Happiness is like water,' she says. 'We're always trying to grab onto it, but it's always slipping between our fingers.

Happiness is like water,' she says. 'We're always trying to grab onto it, but it's always slipping between our fingers.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: If this was the rice that God was putting in my basket...there was no point wishing for soup.

If this was the rice that God was putting in my basket...there was no point wishing for soup.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: With a man, life is difficult. Without a man, life is even more difficult.

With a man, life is difficult. Without a man, life is even more difficult.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: Sometimes we get confused about what happiness really means. Sometimes we get confused about what path to take to get to happiness.

Sometimes we get confused about what happiness really means. Sometimes we get confused about what path to take to get to happiness.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: Let peace be. Let life be.

Let peace be. Let life be.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: There are no miracles these days. Manna will not fall from the sky. Bombs, yes, enough to pierce our hearts, but manna, no.

There are no miracles these days. Manna will not fall from the sky. Bombs, yes, enough to pierce our hearts, but manna, no.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: And now she began muttering to herself. "God , who created you, must have known what He did. Enough is enough.

And now she began muttering to herself. "God , who created you, must have known what He did. Enough is enough.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: You'll marry your studies? Marry your books? You already have one degree but you want another. You'll marry your degrees?

You'll marry your studies? Marry your books? You already have one degree but you want another. You'll marry your degrees?

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: I had become a little like a coffin: I felt a hollowness in me and a rattling at my seams.

I had become a little like a coffin: I felt a hollowness in me and a rattling at my seams.

Chinelo Okparanta quotes: ...as if in rebellion, certain emotions become amplified at the exact moments when you are expected not to feel them at all.

...as if in rebellion, certain emotions become amplified at the exact moments when you are expected not to feel them at all.