Alternatives Quote by Tsitsi Dangarembga

“Everything about her spoke of alternatives and possibilities that if considered too deeply would wreak havoc with the neat plan I had laid out for my life.” quote by Tsitsi Dangarembga — Download Open image

“Everything about her spoke of alternatives and possibilities that if considered too deeply would wreak havoc with the neat plan I had laid out for my life.”

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“What I wanted was to get away. But the moon was too far beyond, and there were white bits under me, where the flesh was shredded off and the bone gleamed that famed ivory, and those below cowered and, if they were not quick enough, were spattered in blood. Then came the jolt, as of a fall, and I saw…

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“What it is,” she sighed, “to have to choose between self and security.”

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Can you cook books and feed them to your husband? Stay at home with your mother. Learn to cook and clean. Grow vegetables.

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“We co-existed in peaceful detachment”

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