The Lake Goddess

The Lake Goddess ( first Published in 2020)is a novel written by Flora Nwapa .

Quotes

• 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.