8 Quotes & Sayings By Ama Ata Aidoo

Ama Ata Aidoo was born in Ghana in 1948. She is the author of more than twenty books, including the critically acclaimed The Joys of Motherhood. Her writing has been translated into many languages and has won numerous prizes including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the Booker Prize, and the Prix Medicis Étranger. Aidoo is a member of the UK's prestigious Society of Authors.

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Sissie knew that she had to stop herself from crying. Why weep for them? In fact, stronger in her was the desire to ask somebody why the entire world has had to pay so much and is still paying so much for some folks' unhappiness. Ama Ata Aidoo
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Yes.Work is love made visible. Ama Ata Aidoo
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And yet, I have not wronged you, have I? Indeed if there is anyone I may have sinned against, it is me. That desiring you as I do, needing you as I do, I still let you go. Ama Ata Aidoo
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My lady Silk, remember that a man always gains in stature any way he chooses to associate with a woman - including adultery...but in her association with a man, a woman is always in danger of being diminished. Ama Ata Aidoo
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We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace. Ama Ata Aidoo
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Humans, not places, make memories. Ama Ata Aidoo
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It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. Ama Ata Aidoo