Stories Matter. Many Stories Matter.

The Single Story Creates Stereotypes, And The Problem With Stereotypes Is Not That They Are Untrue, But That They Are Incomplete. They Make One Story Become The Only Story.

He Was Already Looking At Their Relationship Through The Lens Of The Past Tense. It Puzzled Her, The Ability Of Romantic Love To Mutate, How Quickly A Loved One Could Become A Stranger. Where Did The Love Go? Perhaps Real Love Was Familial, Somehow, Linked To Blood, Since Love For Children Did Not Die As Romantic Love Did.

She Could Not Complain About Not Having Shoes When The Person She Was Talking To Had No Legs.

You Must Never Behave As If Your Life Belongs To A Man. Do You Hear Me?' Aunty Ifeka Said. 'your Life Belongs To You And You Alone.

The Only Reason Race Matters Is Because Of Racism.