How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Despite comporting ourselves for decades, despite never resorting to beastly deeds, we hadn’t succeeded in persuading our tormentors that we were people who deserve of the privilege of living our lives as we wished.”
“listening is far more enjoyable than fighting to be heard.”
“But my father used to say we can’t do only what we’re at ease with, we must do what we ought to do.”
“But if I were to spend ten thousand years worrying about all that could happen to them, what difference would it make?”
“smile, nod, take whatever they give you, thank them profusely, ask no questions, let them know they own the air you breathe.”
“people will start realizing that they don’t have to accept anything, they have choices, they can do something about their government. That’ll be the most crucial element for the movement, because only the people can uproot His Excellency. Only the people can free themselves. We need to open their eyes to their power.”
“on all sides the dead were too many—on the side of the vanquished, on the side of the victors, on the side of those who’d never chosen sides. What good were sides? Who could ever hail themselves triumphant while they still lived? Perhaps someday, I added, after all the dead have been counted, there will be one number for the living to ponder, though the number will never tell the full story of what has been lost. —”
“much of the suffering in the world was because of those who had forgotten that they too were once children.”
“man’s anger is often no more than a safe haven for his cowardice.”
“life gifts easy peace only to the very young and very old.”
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Book Keywords:
innocence, self-improvement, courage
