--- title: "14 Way Quotes By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" description: "14 Way quotes by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Plus more from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_consuming_i-own-things-i-like-but-nothing-inanimat_2573618.png" --- > [I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-own-things-i-like-but-nothing-inanimate-that-i-treasure-in-a-deeply/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_consuming_i-own-things-i-like-but-nothing-inanimat_2573618.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_feminism_i-m-very-feminist-in-the-way-i-look-at-t_103457.png) > [Sometimes novels are considered 'important' in the way medicine is - they taste terrible and are difficult to get down your throat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/sometimes-novels-are-considered-important-in-the-way-medicine-is-they/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_books_sometimes-novels-are-considered-importan_815335.jpg) > [There are many different ways to be poor in the world but increasingly there seems to be one single way to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/there-are-many-different-ways-to-be-poor-in-the-world-but/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_different_there-are-many-different-ways-to-be-poor_2218492.png) > [I think the Left doesn't know how to be a tribe in the way the Right does. The Left is very cannibalistic.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-think-the-left-doesn-t-know-how-to-be-a-tribe-in-the-way-the-right/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_europe_i-think-the-left-doesn-t-know-how-to-be_826253.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) > [We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are. If we have sons, we don't mind…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_boys_we-teach-girls-that-they-cannot-be-sexua_39119.png) > [I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-am-a-person-who-believes-in-asking-questions-in-not-conforming-for/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df0/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_asking_i-am-a-person-who-believes-in-asking-que_2141793.png) > [I would come, many years later, to understand why 'To Kill A Mockingbird' is considered 'an important novel', but when I first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-would-come-many-years-later-to-understand-why-to-kill-a-mockingbird/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_childhood_i-would-come-many-years-later-to-underst_1180165.png) > [My grandfather died in the war, my family went through the war, and it affected my parents in really profound ways. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/my-grandfather-died-in-the-war-my-family-went-through-the-war-and-it/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_affected_my-grandfather-died-in-the-war-my-family_179338.png) > [From the very beginning, I think it's been quite clear that there's no way I could possibly say that trans women are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/from-the-very-beginning-i-think-it-s-been-quite-clear-that-there-s-no/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_beginning_from-the-very-beginning-i-think-it-s-bee_1145290.png) > [Some people ask: "Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/some-people-ask-why-the-word-feminist-why-not-just-say-you-are-a-3/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_believer_some-people-ask-why-the-word-feminist-wh_2616747.png) > [There's something very lazy about the way you have loved him blindly for so long without ever criticizing him. You've never even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/there-s-something-very-lazy-about-the-way-you-have-loved-him-blindly/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_accepted_there-s-something-very-lazy-about-the-wa_693598.png) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/#itemlist", "name": "14 Way Quotes By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-own-things-i-like-but-nothing-inanimate-that-i-treasure-in-a-deeply/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_consuming_i-own-things-i-like-but-nothing-inanimat_2573618.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_consuming_i-own-things-i-like-but-nothing-inanimat_2573618.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_consuming_i-own-things-i-like-but-nothing-inanimat_2573618.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that worldview must somehow be part of my work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/i-m-very-feminist-in-the-way-i-look-at-the-world-and-that-worldview/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_feminism_i-m-very-feminist-in-the-way-i-look-at-t_103457.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_feminism_i-m-very-feminist-in-the-way-i-look-at-t_103457.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/421/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_feminism_i-m-very-feminist-in-the-way-i-look-at-t_103457.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’m very feminist in the way I look at the world, and that worldview must somehow be part of my work.” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes novels are considered 'important' in the way medicine is - 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