Quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

Explore a curated collection of 43 quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come to America, you become black. Stop arguing. Stop saying I'm Ja — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
Sometimes she worried that she was too happy. . . And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside h — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
When you want to join a prestigious social club, do you wonder if your race will make it difficult to join? If you do we — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
Ifemelu thought about the expression "sweet girl." Sweet girl meant that, for a long time, Don had molded Ranyinudo into — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
A book did not qualify as literature unless it had polysyllabic words and incomprehensible passages. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
People often told him how humble he was, but they did not mean real humility, it was merely that he did not flaunt his m — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
Ma? I think you have the spirit of husband-repelling. You are too hard, ma, you will not find a husband. But my pastor c — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
Ifemelu would also come to learn that, for Kimberly, the poor were blameless. Poverty was a gleaming thing; she could no — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
...I'm worried I will leave grad school and no longer be able to speak English. I know this woman in grad school, a frie — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
femelu could not understand this, her mother’s ability to tell herself stories about her reality that did not even resem — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
They never said “I don’t know.” They said, instead, “I’m not sure,” which did not give any information but still suggest — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
Foreign behavior? What the fuck are you talking about? Foreign behavior? Have you read Things Fall Apart? Ifemulu asked, — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
...she thought of him as a person who did not have a normal spine, but had instead, a firm reed of goodness. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
Alexa, and the other guests, and perhaps even Georgina, all understood the fleeing from war, from the kind of poverty th — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
My Fellow Non-American Blacks: In America, You Are Black, Baby Dear Non-American Black, when you make the choice to come — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
It felt strange to call them directly, to hear her father’s “Hello?” after the second ring, and when he heard her voice, — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
As they walked out of the store, Ifemelu said, “I was waiting for her to ask ‘Was it the one with two eyes or the one wi — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
She recognized in Kelsey the nationalism of liberal Americans who copiously criticized America but did not like you to d — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
smiling a smile full of things restrained — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah