A Girl Is a Body of Water
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Remember, be a good person, not a good girl. Good girls suffer a lot in this life.”
“Stories are critical, Kirabo. The minute we fall silent, someone will fill the silence for us.”
“She could not bear to look at the coffin because the tree whose timber had made it was once a seedling with tender leaves and baby branches; then it had grown, Tom unaware.”
“Children do absolutely nothing on their arrival that warrants presents every year. If anything, they should give presents to their mothers, who come close to death.”
“Promise me you will pass on the story of the first woman -- in whatever form you wish. It was given to me by women in captivity. They lived an awful state of migration, my grandmothers. Telling origin stories was their act of resistance. I only added on a bit here and a bit there. Stories are critical, Kirabo,' she added thoughtfully. 'The minute we fall silent, someone will fill the silence for us.”
“Parents are designed to make us feel let down at some point, especially as we get older. That way we promise ourselves to be better parents.”
“Nsuuta, every woman resists. Often it is private. Most of our resistance is so everyday that women don't think twice about it. It is life. Even the worst of us, like Aunt YA, who massage the male ego with "Allow men to be men" are not really shrinking but managing their men.”
“Nothing takes the sting out of a woman like marriage. And when children arrive, the window closes. Wife, mother, age, and role model - the "respect" that comes with these roles is the water they pour on your fire.”
“Maybe storytelling kills the pain, maybe they got tired of being in pain”
“Wind was in haste. As she turned into Nsuuta's courtyard the clouds started to spit sparse but sturdy gobs. They hit the ground hard and dried promptly. The earth emitted that delicious but fleeting scent, the one when the rain first touches it. She closed her eyes, but by the time she tilted her head to suck it, the wind had whipped it away. The rain came down as if being chased. She ran.”
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Book Keywords:
migration, children, storytelling, wind, women, womanhood, resistance, marriage, rain, feminism, death-of-a-parent, dying-young, petrichor, stories, death, empowerment, captivity
