--- title: "1 America Good Quotes By Yaa Gyasi" description: "1 America Good quotes by Yaa Gyasi. Plus more from Yaa Gyasi and more America Good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/yaa-gyasi-16869_african-americans_some-people-cannot-afford-to-believe-tha_1674123.jpg" --- > [“Some people cannot afford to believe that this country isn’t that bad, that as Hillary Clinton said, “America is great because America is good.” America hasn’t always been good. And the greatness, the power and wealth that white people have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/some-people-cannot-afford-to-believe-that-this-country-isn-t-that-bad/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/yaa-gyasi-16869_african-americans_some-people-cannot-afford-to-believe-tha_1674123.jpg) ## More by Yaa Gyasi > [“We believe the one who has the power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/we-believe-the-one-who-has-the-power-he-is-the-one-who-gets-to-write/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“Her trick is to make him think that he is king of the bush, but what does a king matter? Really, she is king…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/her-trick-is-to-make-him-think-that-he-is-king-of-the-bush-but-what/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“How could he explain to Marjorie that he wasn’t supposed to be here? Alive. Free. That the fact that he had been born, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/how-could-he-explain-to-marjorie-that-he-wasn-t-supposed-to-be-here/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“Yaw wasn't certain that he believed in forgiveness. He heard the word most on the few days he went to the white man's church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/yaw-wasn-t-certain-that-he-believed-in-forgiveness-he-heard-the-word/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“I’m too old to go to America now. Too old for revolution, too. Besides, if we go to the white man for school, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/i-m-too-old-to-go-to-america-now-too-old-for-revolution-too-besides/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“If she slept, she would do so only lightly, dipping the ladle of sleep into the shallow pool of dreamland”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/if-she-slept-she-would-do-so-only-lightly-dipping-the-ladle-of-sleep/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“If God was why, then Asamoah was yes and yes again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/if-god-was-why-then-asamoah-was-yes-and-yes-again/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“Aunty, they say that you make impossible things possible.” She laughed again. “Eh, but they say that about Anansi, about Nyame, about the white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/aunty-they-say-that-you-make-impossible-things-possible-she-laughed/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“And in my village we have a saying about separated sisters. They are like a woman and her reflection, doomed to stay on opposite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/and-in-my-village-we-have-a-saying-about-separated-sisters-they-are/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“Loneliness, maybe. Or aloneness. The way I don’t fit here or there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/loneliness-maybe-or-aloneness-the-way-i-don-t-fit-here-or-there/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“if we go to the white man for school, we will just learn the way the white man wants us to learn. We will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/if-we-go-to-the-white-man-for-school-we-will-just-learn-the-way-the/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“On the first day of the second term, Yaw watched the new students amble in. They were always well-behaved children, these boys, having been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/on-the-first-day-of-the-second-term-yaw-watched-the-new-students/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“I am proud to be Asante, as I am sure you are proud to be Fante, but after I lost my brothers, I decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/i-am-proud-to-be-asante-as-i-am-sure-you-are-proud-to-be-fante-but/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“Maybe he wouldn't end up the kind of man who needed to use his body for work. Maybe he'd be a new kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/maybe-he-wouldn-t-end-up-the-kind-of-man-who-needed-to-use-his-body/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) > [“It was where all the dirty, ugly, righteous, and beautiful things were.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yaa-gyasi/it-was-where-all-the-dirty-ugly-righteous-and-beautiful-things-were/) [Yaa Gyasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yaa-gyasi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america-good/yaa-gyasi/#itemlist", "name": "1 America Good Quotes By Yaa Gyasi", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Some people cannot afford to believe that this country isn’t that bad, that as Hillary Clinton said, “America is great because America is good.” America hasn’t always been good. 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