"Whenever he felt himself beginning to fancy any girl, after the Ouleymatou experience, the memory of her mocking indi…"

"Ousmane Gueye, who had mistrusted all women, threw himself at the mercy of a woman, and a white woman at that."

"Was he a possible partner for Mireille? Could he assume such a mutation."

"A Toubab can’t be a proper daughter-in-law. She’ll only have eyes for her man. We’ll mean nothing to her."

"We saw everything through the same eyes before we were married… But now we seem to be divided over everything."

"Love knows no bounds, but sometimes society does."

"The truth can be a harsh and cruel reality."

"In the face of misogyny and injustice, the only hope is escape."

"“The flavour of life is love. The salt of life is also love.”"

"“Each life has its share of heroism, an obscure heroism, born of abdication, of renunciation and acceptance under the…"