“It would take a while for me to realise that each of my children had given me as much as they took.… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Children Copy Share Image
“Didn’t think it was possible for the world to change so suddenly. I was aware of other people moving up and down… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Human life Copy Share Image
“The reasons why we do the things we do will not always be the ones others will remember. Sometimes I think we… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Children Copy Share Image
“I had expected them to talk about my childlessness. I was armed with millions of smiles. Apologetic smiles, pity-me smiles, I-look-unto-God smiles… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Fake smiles Copy Share Image
“So love is like a test, but in what sense? To what end? Who was carrying out the test? But I think… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Love Copy Share Image
“I understand how a word others use every day can become something whispered in the dark to soothe a wound that just… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Every day Copy Share Image
“She said the word 'beautiful' as if beauty was a bad habit Bolu had developed, something bordering on criminal behavior for which… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Bad habit Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think we have children because we want to leave behind someone who can explain who we were to the world… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Children Copy Share Image
“I loved Yejide from the very first moment. No doubt about that. But there are things even love can’t do. Before I… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Children Copy Share Image
“The reasons why we do the things we do will not always be the ones that others will remember. Sometimes” — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Copy Share Image
“I was armed with millions of smiles. Apologetic smiles, pity-me smiles, I-look-unto-God smiles—name all the fake smiles needed to get through an… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Fake smiles Copy Share Image
“OK, we'll tell her you dug the grave." It's the truth - stretch, but still true. Besides, what would be left of… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Love Copy Share Image
“My mother had become a obsession for me, a religion, and the very thought of referring to another woman as Mother seems… — Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Another woman Copy Share Image
