A parent never apologises, even if he regrets his actions. It is the child who should apologise. - Chika Unigwe

Never give up if your heart and your head tell you are right. People can disappoint you, but your heart and your head will never. Make them your best friends.

S is for sir. It's what you called your father if you'd never lived with him. If you did not know where his medication box was. If you did not even know what he was taking medication for. No, sir. Yes, sir. S is for strangers multiplied by five. Ten eyes watching her, sizing her up, maybe wondering what she was doing there. What was she doing here? And all this talk of tradition, which had pushed her mother away in the first place. Roll. Dip. Swallow. She had met her father.

You children, you forget that no matter how high the okra tree grows, it's never mightier than the hand that planted it.