--- title: "12 Want Quotes By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" description: "12 Want quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Plus more from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_just_i-just-want-to-be-regular-1849397_1849397.png" --- > [“I just want to be regular.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-just-want-to-be-regular/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_just_i-just-want-to-be-regular-1849397_1849397.png) > [...he did not want me to seek the whys, because there are some things that happen for which we can formulate no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/he-did-not-want-me-to-seek-the-whys-because-there-are-some-things/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_want_he-did-not-want-me-to-seek-the-whys-beca_2062281.png) > [“Everybody will have an opinion about what you should do, but what matters is what you want for yourself, and not what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/everybody-will-have-an-opinion-about-what-you-should-do-but-what/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_opinion_everybody-will-have-an-opinion-about-wha_1385260.jpg) > [I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-have-chosen-to-no-longer-be-apologetic-for-my-femaleness-and-my/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_apologetic_i-have-chosen-to-no-longer-be-apologetic_2570198.png) > [We did that often, asking each other questions whose answers we already knew. Perhaps it was so that we would not ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/we-did-that-often-asking-each-other-questions-whose-answers-we-2/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_answers_we-did-that-often-asking-each-other-ques_2017982.png) > [If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/if-you-don-t-understand-ask-questions-if-you-re-uncomfortable-about/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_ask-questions_if-you-don-t-understand-ask-questions-if_239477.png) > [I didn't want to be apologetic about my love story, and I think to be willing to write about love you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-didn-t-want-to-be-apologetic-about-my-love-story-and-i-think-to-be/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_apologetic_i-didn-t-want-to-be-apologetic-about-my_2137934.jpg) > [In particular I want to talk about natural black hair, and how it's not just hair. I mean, I'm interested in hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/in-particular-i-want-to-talk-about-natural-black-hair-and-how-it-s/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_about_in-particular-i-want-to-talk-about-natur_1550631.png) > [Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/relaxing-your-hair-is-like-being-in-prison-you-re-caged-in-your-hair/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_hair_relaxing-your-hair-is-like-being-in-pris_1870617.png) > [The idea that sex is something a woman gives a man, and she loses something when she does that, which again for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/the-idea-that-sex-is-something-a-woman-gives-a-man-and-she-loses/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_boy-and-girl_the-idea-that-sex-is-something-a-woman-g_1018310.png) > [I had people read it early on and, you know, well-meaning people said to me, you should take out the blogs. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-had-people-read-it-early-on-and-you-know-well-meaning-people-said/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_blogs_i-had-people-read-it-early-on-and-you-kn_984974.png) > [I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-look-young-i-heard-this-said-so-often-that-it-became-irritating-i/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/772/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_babysitter_i-look-young-i-heard-this-said-so-often_2487215.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie > [“What I’ve noticed being here is that many English people are in awe of America but also deeply resent it,” Obinze added. “Perfectly true,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/what-i-ve-noticed-being-here-is-that-many-english-people-are-in-awe/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/if-you-followed-the-media-you-d-think-that-everybody-in-africa-was/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [“Because human beings lived then in a world in which physical strength was the most important attribute for survival; the physically stronger person was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/because-human-beings-lived-then-in-a-world-in-which-physical-strength/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [To return to the books of my childhood is to yield to the strain of nostalgia that is curious about the self I once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/to-return-to-the-books-of-my-childhood-is-to-yield-to-the-strain-of/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [I think white women need to wake up and say, 'Not all women are white,' three times in front of the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-think-white-women-need-to-wake-up-and-say-not-all-women-are-white/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are. If we have sons, we don't mind knowing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/we-teach-girls-that-they-cannot-be-sexual-beings-in-the-way-that-boys/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [“Alexa, and the other guests, and perhaps even Georgina, all understood the fleeing from war, from the kind of poverty that crushed human souls,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/alexa-and-the-other-guests-and-perhaps-even-georgina-all-understood/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [“I discovered race in America and it fascinated me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-discovered-race-in-america-and-it-fascinated-me/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [“It was not as if he did not know what living in Lagos could do to a woman married to a young and wealthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/it-was-not-as-if-he-did-not-know-what-living-in-lagos-could-do-to-a/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [“They have the kinds of things we can eat.' An unease crept up on Ifemelu. She was comfortable here, and she wished she were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/they-have-the-kinds-of-things-we-can-eat-an-unease-crept-up-on/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/if-i-were-not-african-i-wonder-whether-it-would-be-clear-to-me-that/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [“But race is not biology; race is sociology. Race is not genotype; race is phenotype. Race matters because of racism. And racism is absurd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/but-race-is-not-biology-race-is-sociology-race-is-not-genotype-race/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [I like the U.S. and feel gratitude towards it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-like-the-u-s-and-feel-gratitude-towards-it/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that worldview must somehow be part of my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-m-very-feminist-in-the-way-i-look-at-the-world-and-that-worldview/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) > [Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the West, gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/perhaps-it-is-time-to-debate-culture-the-common-story-is-that-in-real/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#itemlist", "name": "12 Want Quotes By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I just want to be regular.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-just-want-to-be-regular/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_just_i-just-want-to-be-regular-1849397_1849397.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_just_i-just-want-to-be-regular-1849397_1849397.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_just_i-just-want-to-be-regular-1849397_1849397.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just want to be regular.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...he did not want me to seek the whys, because there are some things that happen for which we can formulate no whys, for which whys simply do not exist and, perhaps, are not necessary.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/he-did-not-want-me-to-seek-the-whys-because-there-are-some-things/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_want_he-did-not-want-me-to-seek-the-whys-beca_2062281.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_want_he-did-not-want-me-to-seek-the-whys-beca_2062281.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_want_he-did-not-want-me-to-seek-the-whys-beca_2062281.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...he did not want me to seek the whys, because there are some things that happen for which we can formulate…” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everybody will have an opinion about what you should do, but what matters is what you want for yourself, and not what others want you to want.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/everybody-will-have-an-opinion-about-what-you-should-do-but-what/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_opinion_everybody-will-have-an-opinion-about-wha_1385260.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_opinion_everybody-will-have-an-opinion-about-wha_1385260.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d6/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_opinion_everybody-will-have-an-opinion-about-wha_1385260.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everybody will have an opinion about what you should do, but what matters is what you want for yourself, and…” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. 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