"sick with longing”"

"It's a laugh I know, one most women I know have. Mother has it, too. Laughter you use when nothing is funny, but you …"

"We did not yet have the kind of familiarity with misfortune that cultivated a sense of foreboding"

"Just give me five years, I'll ruin his entire life"

"I think families who spend a lot of time arguing about the small stuff do it because they do not have the courage to …"

"All women are owned by someone, some are owned by many; a beautiful girl's only advantage is that she may get to choo…"

"I was sick with longing. I was sick with the curse of sensation, with all the world's sadness seeking and finding a r…"

"Lagos is filled with broke men with big dreams"

"Here, take this microphone. Announce to all the world that we are two girls who don’t know the way home”"

"“I think everything is a story unless you live in it. I like the idea of a god who knows what it’s like to be a twin.…"