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> [“There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix that”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/there-are-times-though-that-no-matter-how-much-food-i-eat-i-find-the/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

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## More by NoViolet Bulawayo

> [“Further and further we go, and the sun keeps ironing us and ironing us and ironing us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/further-and-further-we-go-and-the-sun-keeps-ironing-us-and-ironing-us/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“...and the women spread their ntsaroz and sit on one side, the men on the other, like they are two different rivers that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/and-the-women-spread-their-ntsaroz-and-sit-on-one-side-the-men-on-the/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“Because we were not in our country, we could not use our own languages, and so when we spoke our voices came out bruised.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/because-we-were-not-in-our-country-we-could-not-use-our-own-languages/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“Heaven is boring. Didn't you see, in that picture book back when we used to go to school? It's just plain and white and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/heaven-is-boring-didn-t-you-see-in-that-picture-book-back-when-we/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“You pray and pray and pray and nothing changes, like for example I prayed for a real house and good clothes and a bicycle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/you-pray-and-pray-and-pray-and-nothing-changes-like-for-example-i/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“It's not the lying itself that makes me feel bad but the fact that I'm here lying to my friends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/it-s-not-the-lying-itself-that-makes-me-feel-bad-but-the-fact-that-i/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“a country is a Coca-Cola bottle that can smash on the floor and disappoint you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/a-country-is-a-coca-cola-bottle-that-can-smash-on-the-floor-and/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“Look at them leaving in droves despite knowing they will be welcomed with restraint in those strange lands because they do not belong, knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/look-at-them-leaving-in-droves-despite-knowing-they-will-be-welcomed/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“this place doesn't look like my America”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/this-place-doesn-t-look-like-my-america/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“He speaks with this tone like he owns things, but we know that even the baton stick in his hands is not his, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/he-speaks-with-this-tone-like-he-owns-things-but-we-know-that-even/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“At first it comes in small drops; that's how pee does, if somebody is watching, then it just won't come. I get more tiny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/at-first-it-comes-in-small-drops-that-s-how-pee-does-if-somebody-is/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“When you look into their faces it's like something that was in there got up and gathered its things and walked away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/when-you-look-into-their-faces-it-s-like-something-that-was-in-there/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“Others with names like myths, names like puzzles, names we had never heard before: Virgilio, Balamugunthan, Faheem, Abdulrahman, Aziz, Baako, Dae-Hyun, Ousmane, Kimatsu. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/others-with-names-like-myths-names-like-puzzles-names-we-had-never/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/there-are-times-though-that-no-matter-how-much-food-i-eat-i-find-the/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

> [“If Messenger would be to open his mouth right now, his voice would be a terrible wound.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noviolet-bulawayo/if-messenger-would-be-to-open-his-mouth-right-now-his-voice-would-be/)

[NoViolet Bulawayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noviolet-bulawayo/)

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