Kemi

“The poor of the world may be guilty of this and that particular fault or foolishness, but if we are fair we will admit that nothing they have done or left undone quite explains all the odds we see stacked up against them. We are sometimes tempted to look upon the poor as so many ne'er-do-wells we can simply ignore. But they will return to haunt our peace, because they are greater than their badge of suffering, because they are human.”
― Chinua Achebe, Africa's Tarnished Name

“Time is not a living creature that can listen to pleas, nor is it a man who can delay.”
― Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities

“I would never ask a person who hasn’t tasted a dish whether it needs more salt.”
― Lesley Nneka Arimah, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

“Why do you think your values would work in a culture you don’t understand?”
― Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics