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title: "2 Really Parents Quotes By Ama Ata Aidoo"
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> [Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/its-a-sad-moment-really-when-parents-first-become-a-bit-frightened-of/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

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> [It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/it-s-a-sad-moment-really-when-parents-first-become-a-bit-frightened/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

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## More by Ama Ata Aidoo

> [Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/sometimes-a-word-or-an-argument-will-trigger-a-poem/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [Humans, not places, make memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/humans-not-places-make-memories/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/once-in-a-while-i-catch-myself-wondering-whether-i-would-have-found/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/once-an-interesting-idea-or-theme-occurs-to-me-then-i-would-want-to/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/i-always-wanted-to-write-poetry-even-when-i-was-very-young/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other. After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/o-yes-everyone-gets-lonely-some-time-or-other-after-all-if-we-look/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [No matter what anybody says, we can't have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/no-matter-what-anybody-says-we-can-t-have-it-all-not-if-you-are-a/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to. But when we need food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/love-is-fine-for-singing-about-and-love-songs-are-good-to-listen-to/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/there-are-powerful-forces-undermining-progress-in-africa-but-one-must/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/the-very-old-certainly-do-not-go-back-on-lunch-remains-but-they-do/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/toyin-falola-has-given-us-what-is-truly-rare-in-modern-african/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/the-best-way-to-sharpen-a-knife-is-not-to-whet-one-side-of-it-only/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/its-a-sad-moment-really-when-parents-first-become-a-bit-frightened-of/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [“But what she also came to know was that someone somewhere would always see in any kind of difference, an excuse to be mean.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/but-what-she-also-came-to-know-was-that-someone-somewhere-would/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

> [Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/politicians-are-easy-to-attack-but-frankly-we-are-all-guilty-of-not/)

[Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/)

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