I remain persuaded of the inevitable and necessary complementarity of man and woman. Love, imperfect as it may be in its content and expression, remains the natural link between these two beings. To love one another! If only each partner… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
“Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or or the patience of an… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
“Try explaining to them that a working woman is no less responsible for her home... There are the children to be washed, the husband… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
A woman should marry the man who loves her, but never the one that she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness. — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
Friendship has splendors that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples.… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
I remain persuaded of the inevitable and necessary complementarity of man and woman. Love, imperfect as it may be in its content and expression,… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
“My horizon lightened, I see an old woman. Who is she? Where is she from? Bent over, the ends of her boubou tied behind… — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
A nervous breakdown waits around the corner for anyone who lets himself wallow in bitterness. Little by little, it takes over your whole being. — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
“Eternal woman: even in mourning, you want to make a strike, you want to seduce, you want to arouse interest!” — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
A woman must marry the man who loves her but never the one she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness. — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
“The word 'happiness' does indeed have meaning, doesn't it? I shall go out in search of it.” — Mariama Bâ Copy Share Image
