There are people... who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. It is like telling a crawling baby who tries to walk, and then falls back on his buttocks, to stay there. As if the adults walking past him did not all crawl, once.


Purple Hibiscus (2003)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

There are people... who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today ...

There are people... who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today ...

There are people... who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today ...

There are people... who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today ...