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“My nephew. He was a law student. A good Christian. He never kept girlfriends. He never missed a ceremonial meal.”

— S. A. David

“A two–hour length motion picture doesn’t do justice to a book of over four hundred pages.”

— S. A. David

“To them an unmarried woman is an irresponsible one, a failure, a whore, a sex worker most especially when she is not a nun.”

— S. A. David

“My life had become a helluva plot that could give Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie another New York Times bestseller.”

— S. A. David

“You want a man to come back to you; you don’t go saying squalid nonsense.”

— S. A. David

“Keep being a good boy and divorce Katherine. We should be grateful to King Henry the Eighth for that privilege.”

— S. A. David

“...colonialism in Africa was inevitable since the fittest and most creative person was the one that would be destined to lead.”

— S. A. David

“I was convinced that if one prayed hard enough, God gave one the tools to one's salvation.”

— S. A. David

“There’s always pain behind the fame. Fame which I never asked for. Being in the spotlight has its fair share of disadvantages. I leaned…

— S. A. David

“If you don’t mind I came for an interrogation. You’re not under arrest, at least not yet; and you do not have to say…

— S. A. David

“The polygrapher is not one’s friend even if he or she tries to convince one he or she is on one’s side. Outright deception!…

— S. A. David

“We gave you too much education and now you've gained too much knowledge that is blinding your wisdom.”

— S. A. David

“Please I’d rather you didn’t do any name-calling, and you’re talking this way because you've never been hungry for success. One would do anything…

— S. A. David

“You are an Igbo woman and Igbo women are stronger than any form of pain.”

— S. A. David

“He was enraged and bitter and hoped for a personal meeting with Sarkozy where he would recount to him France's colonial history in Africa…

— S. A. David