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> [“It was a strange, wonderful feeling. To discover eyes upon you when you expected no one to notice you at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/it-was-a-strange-wonderful-feeling-to-discover-eyes-upon-you-when-you/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

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## More by Rita Williams-Garcia

> [“Dear Delphine, When you are older I want you to find Chinua Achebe. I want you to read Things Fall Apart. Don't be hardheaded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/dear-delphine-when-you-are-older-i-want-you-to-find-chinua-achebe-i/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“I didn’t want to say Big Ma was right. Cecile was no kind of mother. Cecile didn’t want us. Cecile was crazy. I didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/i-didn-t-want-to-say-big-ma-was-right-cecile-was-no-kind-of-mother/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [We all have our la-la-la song. The thing we do when the world isn't singing a nice tune to us. We sing our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/we-all-have-our-la-la-la-song-the-thing-we-do-when-the-world-isn-t/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“Blue Nile. I could see the envelope sinking, sinking…but”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/blue-nile-i-could-see-the-envelope-sinking-sinking-but/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“Today we're going to be like the earth, spinning around and affecting many.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/today-we-re-going-to-be-like-the-earth-spinning-around-and-affecting/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [I'm very objective about what I want to have happen to my protagonists and where that has to come from. On one hand, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/i-m-very-objective-about-what-i-want-to-have-happen-to-my/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“Cecile carried on a full conversation, on and on”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/cecile-carried-on-a-full-conversation-on-and-on/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“I had a lot of those memories clicking before me like projector slides in the dark. Lots of pictures, smells and sounds flashing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/i-had-a-lot-of-those-memories-clicking-before-me-like-projector/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“That was how I knew Sister Mukumbo was a real teacher, aside from her welcoming smile and her blackboard penmanship. She asked a teacher's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/that-was-how-i-knew-sister-mukumbo-was-a-real-teacher-aside-from-her/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [One of the great things about being a grandparent is you get to redo what you didn't or couldn't do as a parent. Oftentimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/one-of-the-great-things-about-being-a-grandparent-is-you-get-to-redo/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [Saying "please" without saying it to someone you don't want to say "please" to in the first place tops the list of hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/saying-please-without-saying-it-to-someone-you-don-t-want-to-say/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“You don't know something bothers you until you no longer have to do it. Suddenly you're both angry and glad. Angry you did it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/you-don-t-know-something-bothers-you-until-you-no-longer-have-to-do/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“We're trying to break yokes. You're trying to make one for yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/we-re-trying-to-break-yokes-you-re-trying-to-make-one-for-yourself/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“It was a strange, wonderful feeling. To discover eyes upon you when you expected no one to notice you at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/it-was-a-strange-wonderful-feeling-to-discover-eyes-upon-you-when-you/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

> [“Cecile made it sound like it was no big deal. "I've been fighting for freedom all my life." But she wasn't talking about protest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-williams-garcia/cecile-made-it-sound-like-it-was-no-big-deal-i-ve-been-fighting-for/)

[Rita Williams-Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-williams-garcia/)

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