A woman at a certain age who is unmarried, our society teaches her to see it as a deep personal failure. And a man, after a certain age isn't married, we just think he hasn't come around to making his pick.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in We Should All Be Feminists

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian author. She has written four novels, two collections of short stories, one memoir, and many articles and short stories for many newspapers, magazines, and periodicals. She is widely regarded as central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.

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