And yet, I have not wronged you, have I? Indeed, if there is anyone I may have sinned against, it is me. That desiring you as I do, needing you as I do, I still let you go.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

Humans, not places, make memories.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

My lady Silk, remember that a man always gains in stature any way he chooses to associate with a woman - including adultery...but in her association with a man, a woman is always in danger of being diminished.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

Sissies knew that she had to stop herself from crying. Why weep for them? In fact, stronger in her was the desire to ask somebody why the entire world has had to pay so much and is still paying so much for some folks' unhappiness.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

Yes. Work is love made visible.

— Ama Ata Aidoo