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> [“Don't blame anyone for what has happened to your father. Things have changed drastically since the days of his own youth,but he has refused to see the changes...The fact is that parents get only reflected glory from their children nowadays,whereas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/don-t-blame-anyone-for-what-has-happened-to-your-father-things-have/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

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## More by Buchi Emecheta

> [I was a threat to a lot of women and to a lot of men. The women cannot forgive me if I remain single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-was-a-threat-to-a-lot-of-women-and-to-a-lot-of-men-the-women-cannot/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [Few things are as bad as a guilty conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/few-things-are-as-bad-as-a-guilty-conscience/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [A hungry man is an angry one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/a-hungry-man-is-an-angry-one/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“Quanto mais eu penso no assunto, mais me dou conta de que nós, mulheres, fixamos modelos impossíveis para nós mesmas. Que tornamos a vida…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/quanto-mais-eu-penso-no-assunto-mais-me-dou-conta-de-que-n-s-mulheres/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“The leaves were still on the trees, but were becoming dry, perched like birds ready to fly off.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/the-leaves-were-still-on-the-trees-but-were-becoming-dry-perched-like/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/the-first-book-i-wrote-was-the-bride-price-which-was-a-romantic-book/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“In Ibuza sons help their father more than they help their mother. A mother's joy is only in the name. She worries over them,looks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/in-ibuza-sons-help-their-father-more-than-they-help-their-mother-a/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [Women should not be suppressed because they are women, because they have children and because of men. Then I am a feminist. But when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/women-should-not-be-suppressed-because-they-are-women-because-they/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/black-women-all-over-the-world-should-re-unite-and-re-examine-the-way/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [When I came to England it wasn't what it is now, then the black people were very rarely strong. I had a personal shock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/when-i-came-to-england-it-wasn-t-what-it-is-now-then-the-black-people/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-work-toward-the-liberation-of-women-but-i-m-not-feminist-i-m-just-a/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-usually-make-sure-that-my-stories-are-from-africa-or-my-own/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-came-to-england-in-1962-as-a-very-young-bride-in-my-teens-hoping/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [“One thing she did not know was the greatest book on human psychology is the Bible. If you were lazy and did not wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/one-thing-she-did-not-know-was-the-greatest-book-on-human-psychology/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

> [I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buchi-emecheta/i-believe-it-is-important-to-speak-to-your-readers-in-person-to/)

[Buchi Emecheta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buchi-emecheta/)

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