The Lake Goddess
The Lake Goddess ( first Published in 2020)is a novel written by Flora Nwapa .
Quotes
[edit]- Protector of women
Life is water
Mother and water are the same
Without water, who can live?
Without mother, who can live?
- Page 251.
- A woman should marry once in her lifetime unless she wants children which her present husband fails to provide
- Page 132
- Women should marry but we should not make our husbands little gods; we pet them too much and they are like little children
- page 132.
- Woman’s other name is suffering *Page 13.
- Mgbada’s father was upset by this new religion. He protested thus: ‘What kind of religion preached that one should abandon the worship of one’s ancestors…’ So, before he died, he charged Mgbada: ‘Whatever you do, whatever you become, don’t forget the worship of our ancestors…’
- Pages 6-7.
- When the gods give us craw-craw, they also give us nails with which to scratch
- Page 223.
