“Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do.”

—  Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie, book Americanah

Source: Americanah

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