“The English winter is long, cold and wet, just like the English summer”
“The English winter - ending in July to recommence in August”
“Is it my fault if I do not look like an English girl and I do not talk like a Nigerian? Well, who says an English girl must have skin as pale as the clouds that float across her summers? Who says a Nigerian girl must speak in fallen English...?”
“She enjoys rain for its wetness, winter for its cold, summer for its heat. She loves rainbows as much for fading as for their brilliance. It is easy for her, she opens her heart and accepts everything.”
“For Beatrice, summer without you is as cold as winter. Winter without you, is even colder.”
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”