Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieYou must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone.
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Aunty Ifeka said: "You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?." She was warning her granddaughter not to let others control her and take away the power she has over her own life. A man may offer a woman a life of luxury, but somehow she is expected to turn it down, because it is by his rules. But the fact is that a woman's life is always hers to do with as she pleases. She cannot be controlled by anyone but herself.
Source: Half Of A Yellow Sun
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