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Top 30 Imbolo Mbue Quotes (2025 Update)

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Our people say no condition is permanent, Mr. Edwards. Good times must come to an end, just like bad times, whether we want it or not.”

1. “Our people say no condition is permanent, Mr. Edwards. Good times must come to an end, just like bad times, whether we want it or not.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “But the Universe gives us different sources of Love to unite us all as One. Who are we to decide what the source of our Love should be at any given time? Love is Love, and at any given point we have everything we need.”

2. “But the Universe gives us different sources of Love to unite us all as One. Who are we to decide what the source of our Love should be at any given time? Love is Love, and at any given point we have everything we need.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “How could anyone have so much happiness and unhappiness skillfully wrapped up together?”

3. “How could anyone have so much happiness and unhappiness skillfully wrapped up together?”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “His years on earth had taught him that good things happen to those who honor the kindheartedness of others.”

4. “His years on earth had taught him that good things happen to those who honor the kindheartedness of others.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Home will never go away Home will be here when you come back You may go to bring back fortune You may go to escape misfortune You may even go, just because you want to go But when you come back We hope you’ll come back Home will still be here.”

5. “Home will never go away Home will be here when you come back You may go to bring back fortune You may go to escape misfortune You may even go, just because you want to go But when you come back We hope you’ll come back Home will still be here.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “That’s exactly the problem! People don’t want to open their eyes and see the Truth because the illusion suits them. As long as they’re fed whatever lies they want to hear they’re happy, because the Truth means nothing to them.”

6. “That’s exactly the problem! People don’t want to open their eyes and see the Truth because the illusion suits them. As long as they’re fed whatever lies they want to hear they’re happy, because the Truth means nothing to them.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “I don’t know if I can continue suffering like this just because I want to live in America.”

7. “I don’t know if I can continue suffering like this just because I want to live in America.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “In America today, having documents is not enough. Look at how many people with papers are struggling. Look at how even some Americans are suffering. They were born in this country.”

8. “In America today, having documents is not enough. Look at how many people with papers are struggling. Look at how even some Americans are suffering. They were born in this country.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “People in this country, always worrying about how to eat, they pay someone good money to tell them: Eat this, don’t eat that. If you don’t know how to eat, what else can you know how to do in this world?”

9. “People in this country, always worrying about how to eat, they pay someone good money to tell them: Eat this, don’t eat that. If you don’t know how to eat, what else can you know how to do in this world?”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “It’s the fear that kills us, Leah,” Jende said. “Sometimes it happens and it’s not even as bad as the fear. That is what I have learned in this life. It is the fear.”

10. “It’s the fear that kills us, Leah,” Jende said. “Sometimes it happens and it’s not even as bad as the fear. That is what I have learned in this life. It is the fear.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Anyone can go to the shop and buy anything and give to anyone, he told Liomi when the boy asked him for the umpteenth time why he couldn’t get even a little toy truck. The true measure of whether somebody really loves you, he lectured, is what they do for you with their hands and say to you with their mouth and think of you in their heart.”

11. “Anyone can go to the shop and buy anything and give to anyone, he told Liomi when the boy asked him for the umpteenth time why he couldn’t get even a little toy truck. The true measure of whether somebody really loves you, he lectured, is what they do for you with their hands and say to you with their mouth and think of you in their heart.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “My advice to someone like you is to always stay close to the gray area and keep yourself and your family safe. Stay away from any place where you can run into police-that’s the advice I give to you and to all young black men in this country. The police is for the protection of white people, my brother. Maybe black women and black children sometimes, but not black men. Never black men. Black men and police are palm oil and water. You understand me, eh?”

12. “My advice to someone like you is to always stay close to the gray area and keep yourself and your family safe. Stay away from any place where you can run into police-that’s the advice I give to you and to all young black men in this country. The police is for the protection of white people, my brother. Maybe black women and black children sometimes, but not black men. Never black men. Black men and police are palm oil and water. You understand me, eh?”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “But if America says they don’t want us in their country, you think I’m going to keep on begging them for the rest of my life? You think I’m going to sleep in a church? Never. Not for one day. You can go and sleep on the church floor all you want. The day you get tired, you can come and meet me and the children in Limbe. Nonsense!”

13. “But if America says they don’t want us in their country, you think I’m going to keep on begging them for the rest of my life? You think I’m going to sleep in a church? Never. Not for one day. You can go and sleep on the church floor all you want. The day you get tired, you can come and meet me and the children in Limbe. Nonsense!”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “And yet, despite this portrait of a self assured woman, Cindy seemed to have a near obsession with being where everyone was and doing what everyone was doing.”

14. “And yet, despite this portrait of a self assured woman, Cindy seemed to have a near obsession with being where everyone was and doing what everyone was doing.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Germany was his favorite place to live, he said, because, even as a child, he could tell how much the Germans loved Americans, and it felt great to be loved for his nationality.”

15. “Germany was his favorite place to live, he said, because, even as a child, he could tell how much the Germans loved Americans, and it felt great to be loved for his nationality.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “America was passing her by. New York City was passing her by. Bridges and billboards bearing smiling people were passing her by. Skyscrapers and brownstones were rushing by. Fast. Too fast. Forever.”

16. “America was passing her by. New York City was passing her by. Bridges and billboards bearing smiling people were passing her by. Skyscrapers and brownstones were rushing by. Fast. Too fast. Forever.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Why should a man intentionally live his life with one kind of anxiety followed by another?”

17. “Why should a man intentionally live his life with one kind of anxiety followed by another?”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Different things are important to different people.”

18. “Different things are important to different people.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “I want to give the children simple things. Clean water. Clean air. Clean food. Let them soil it if they like it dirty – how dare anyone refuse them this right?”

19. “I want to give the children simple things. Clean water. Clean air. Clean food. Let them soil it if they like it dirty – how dare anyone refuse them this right?”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Despite comporting ourselves for decades, despite never resorting to beastly deeds, we hadn’t succeeded in persuading our tormentors that we were people who deserve of the privilege of living our lives as we wished.”

20. “Despite comporting ourselves for decades, despite never resorting to beastly deeds, we hadn’t succeeded in persuading our tormentors that we were people who deserve of the privilege of living our lives as we wished.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “You know what I’m realizing? he said. Living is painful. That’s why we so often forget that we’re dying, we’re too busy catering to our pains. I think it’s one of nature’s tricks – it needs us to not dwell on the fact that we’re dying, otherwise we’d spend our days eating low-hanging fruits from trees and splashing around in clear rivers and laughing while our pointless lives pass us by.”

21. “You know what I’m realizing? he said. Living is painful. That’s why we so often forget that we’re dying, we’re too busy catering to our pains. I think it’s one of nature’s tricks – it needs us to not dwell on the fact that we’re dying, otherwise we’d spend our days eating low-hanging fruits from trees and splashing around in clear rivers and laughing while our pointless lives pass us by.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “She had the fortitude of the sun – no matter how dark and thick the clouds, she was confident she could melt them and emerge in full glory.”

22. “She had the fortitude of the sun – no matter how dark and thick the clouds, she was confident she could melt them and emerge in full glory.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “People hanging out in bars made no sense to Neni. Why would anyone want to stand in a crowded place for hours, screaming at the top of their voice to chat with a friend, when they could sit comfortably in their own home and talk to their friend in a calm voice? Why would they choose to sit in a dark space, consuming drinks that sold at the grocery store for a quarter of the bar’s price? It was an off way of spending time and money.”

23. “People hanging out in bars made no sense to Neni. Why would anyone want to stand in a crowded place for hours, screaming at the top of their voice to chat with a friend, when they could sit comfortably in their own home and talk to their friend in a calm voice? Why would they choose to sit in a dark space, consuming drinks that sold at the grocery store for a quarter of the bar’s price? It was an off way of spending time and money.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “But my father used to say we can’t do only what we’re at ease with, we must do what we ought to do.”

24. “But my father used to say we can’t do only what we’re at ease with, we must do what we ought to do.”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “How is it that their government, which is supposed to be their servant, is acting as their master?”

25. “How is it that their government, which is supposed to be their servant, is acting as their master?”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “But if I were to spend ten thousand years worrying about all that could happen to them, what difference would it make?”

26. “But if I were to spend ten thousand years worrying about all that could happen to them, what difference would it make?”

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Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Winston may be right,” Neni said after Jende told her about their conversation, “but if a river has carried a load halfway downstream, why not let it take it all the way to the ocean?” Jende agreed. Their fate was in the hands of others – what use would it be to get another opinion and find themselves weighing bleak option against bleak option? They would stay with Bubakar; it was all going to work out.”

27. “Winston may be right,” Neni said after Jende told her about their conversation, “but if a river has carried a load halfway downstream, why not let it take it all the way to the ocean?” Jende agreed. Their fate was in the hands of others – what use would it be to get another opinion and find themselves weighing bleak option against bleak option? They would stay with Bubakar; it was all going to work out.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “At times like these, we thought little of how many years of waiting still lay ahead; we thought mostly of how blessed we were, what boundless promise life bore. Such moments reminded us that, no matter how long the night, morning always comes.”

28. “At times like these, we thought little of how many years of waiting still lay ahead; we thought mostly of how blessed we were, what boundless promise life bore. Such moments reminded us that, no matter how long the night, morning always comes.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “The true measure of whether somebody really loves you, he lectured, is what they do for you with their hands and say to you with their mouth and think of you in their heart.”

29. “The true measure of whether somebody really loves you, he lectured, is what they do for you with their hands and say to you with their mouth and think of you in their heart.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Someone laughed at one end of the subway car, a sweet laugh that on any other day would have made him look around because he loved to see the faces from which happy sounds came.”

30. “Someone laughed at one end of the subway car, a sweet laugh that on any other day would have made him look around because he loved to see the faces from which happy sounds came.”

— Imbolo Mbue

Imbolo Mbue Quote: “Our grandfathers, however, had no interest in losing ownership of their lives – every one of them had turned down Pexton’s offer and returned to the thrill of killing for food as trees were felled all over the valley to make room for the oil field and pipelines and Gardens.”

31. “Our grandfathers, however, had no interest in losing ownership of their lives – every one of them had turned down Pexton’s offer and returned to the thrill of killing for food as trees were felled all over the valley to make room for the oil field and pipelines and Gardens.”

— Imbolo Mbue

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