She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning against the balcony railing, holding the universe together."

JD Salinger

 I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature.”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 To the media, the African woman is old beyond her years; she is half-naked; her drooped and withered breasts are well exposed; there are flies buzzing around the faces of her children; and she has a permanent begging bowl in her hand.

Ama Aita Aidoo

 The scariest moment is always just before you start.” -

Stephen King