NoViolet Bulawayo quotes:

[Jesus Christ] used to have blue eyes but I painted them brown like mine and everybody's, to make him normal.

You pray and pray and pray and nothing changes, like for example I prayed for a real house and good clothes and a bicycle and things for a long, long, time, and none of it happened, not even one little thing, which is how I know that all this praying for Father is just people playing.

When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.

I am starting to talk fast now, and I have to remember to slow down because when I get excited, I start to sound like myself and my American accent goes away.

And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.

When somebody talks about home, you have to listen carefully so you know exactly which one the person is referring to.

When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky....They will never be the same again because you cannot be the same once you leave behind who and what you are, you just cannot be the same....Look at them leaving in droves, despite knowing they will be welcomed with restraint in those strange lands because they do not belong