Chinelo Okparanta

And now she began muttering to herself. "God , who created you, must have known what He did. Enough is enough.

There are no miracles these days. Manna will not fall from the sky. Bombs, yes, enough to pierce our hearts, but manna, no.

You'll marry your studies? Marry your books? You already have one degree but you want another. You'll marry your degrees?

...as if in rebellion, certain emotions become amplified at the exact moments when you are expected not to feel them at all.

Let peace be. Let life be.