Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Download Open image ““Her feet had turned into snails.”” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“He sat looking at it with his eyes protruding in the manner popularized by snails, looking like something stuffed by a taxidermist who had… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Her feet were killing her. And it made her imagine traveling back in time, hunting down whoever had invented stiletto heels, and beating the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Today, however, she didn't go looking for urchins or broken shells. She simply walked to the end of the earth and stood a while.” — John Burnside Copy Share Image
“I liked the sound of the word 'snail' every time I said it; the word was as small and simple as the creature itself.” — Elisabeth Tova Bailey Copy Share Image
“This one walked with soft feet like she'd drifted in from the next world and no one had the good sense to send her… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“...she discovered that her feet were cold, her head ached, and that her heart was colder than the former, fuller of pain than the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“She crossed her legs and kicked out her feet, clad in thick wool socks and boots big enough to house a little old lady.” — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
“Her foot squished into the soft ground as she walked. She stooped down and pressed her fingers into the damp earth. Raising them to… — Vernon D. Burns Copy Share Image
“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,”… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
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… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Because human beings lived then in a world in which physical strength was the most important attribute for survival; the physically stronger person was… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
To return to the books of my childhood is to yield to the strain of nostalgia that is curious about the self I once… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I think white women need to wake up and say, 'Not all women are white,' three times in front of the mirror. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
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… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“Alexa, and the other guests, and perhaps even Georgina, all understood the fleeing from war, from the kind of poverty that crushed human souls,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“It was not as if he did not know what living in Lagos could do to a woman married to a young and wealthy… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“They have the kinds of things we can eat.' An unease crept up on Ifemelu. She was comfortable here, and she wished she were… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“But race is not biology; race is sociology. Race is not genotype; race is phenotype. Race matters because of racism. And racism is absurd… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
