Quotes by NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

Explore a curated collection of 15 quotes by NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names. 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.

Generally the men always tried to appear strong; they walked tall, heads upright, arms steady at the sides, and feet fir — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
Running and chanting, the word change in the air like it's something you can grab and put in your mouth and sink your te — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like my — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
And they had nothing, except of course memories, their own, and those passed down by their mothers and mothers' mothers. — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
this place doesn't look like my America — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
That's what you do in America: you smile at people you don't know and you smile at people you don't even like and you sm — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
You want Change, today we'll show you Change!Here's your democracy, your human rights, eat it, eat eat eat! — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody’s, to make him normal. — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
We are all watching and not knowing what to do because when grown-ups cry, it's not like you can ask them what's wrong, — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
...and the women spread their ntsaroz and sit on one side, the men on the other, like they are two different rivers that — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
I am careful not to look anyone in the face because I don't want them to see the shame in my eyes, and I also don't want — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
With all this snow, with the sun not there, with the cold and dreariness, this place doesn't look like my America, doesn — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
If you are stealing something it’s better if it’s small and hideable or something you can eat quickly and be done with, — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care. — NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names