Chinelo Okparanta

Chinelo Okparanta (born 1981) is a Nigerian-American novelist and short-story writer. She was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where she was raised until the age of 10, when she emigrated to the United States with her family. Chinelo Okparanta was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and at the age of 10 migrated with her family to the US. She was educated at Pennsylvania State University (Schreyer Honors College), Rutgers University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Quotes

 * In all the ways he can love you, I promise to love you better. I suppose it's the way we are, humans that we are.
 * Chinelo Okparanta's quote
 * I suppose it’s the way we are, humans that we are. Always finding it easier to make ourselves the victim in someone else’s tragedy. Though it is true, too, that sometimes it's hard to know to whom the tragedy really belongs.
 * Chinelo Okparanta's quote
 * Love - the greatest connection to humanity when everything else is falling apart.
 * Chinelo Okparanta's quote
 * With a man, life is difficult. Without a man, life is even more difficult.
 * Chinelo Okparanta's quote
 * Hardly have I finished speaking the words, and she vanishes, the way that people sometimes do, even from our minds.
 * Chinelo Okparanta's quote
 * Maybe love was some combination of friendship and infatuation. A deeply felt affection accompanied by a certain sort of awe. And by gratitude. And by a desire for a lifetime of togetherness.
 * Chinelo Okparanta's quote