Updated February 14th, 2020 at 17:42 IST

Quotes from Michelle Obama's book 'Becoming' that are unforgettable

Michelle Obama is an American lawyer and the writer of Becoming, which gives us many memorable quotes. Have a look at the quotes given in the book. Read on.

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Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer, university administrator, and author, who was the First Lady of the United States of America from 2009 to 2017. She is hitched to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and she was the principal African American First Lady of the United States. The book Becoming is distributed by Crown and discharged in 24 languages.

Memorable quotes from Michelle Obama's book 'Becoming'

Becoming is described by the writer as a profoundly close to home experience. The book discusses her underlying foundations and how she discovered her voice, just as her time in the White House, her general wellbeing effort, and her job as a mother. It is not just about Obama but as well as about America.

By sharing her interesting encounters, she passes on exercises she has found out about solidarity, change, and expectation. Michelle Obama's Becoming immediately turned into the Bestselling Book of 2018. Becoming is 400 pages of ice chest magnet-commendable statements. Look at the best quotes from Becoming below.

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 “Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”

“The easiest way to disregard a woman’s voice is to package her as a scold.”

“Like a lot of girls, I became aware of the liabilities of my body early, long before I began to even look like a woman.”

“Most of us lived in a state of constant calibration, tweaking one area of life in hopes of bringing more steadiness to another.”

“The answer, I’m guessing, is probably the best and most sustaining answer to nearly every question arising inside a marriage, no matter who you are or what the issue is: You find ways to adapt. If you’re in it forever, there’s really no choice.”

“Even when it’s not pretty or perfect. Even when it’s more real than you want it to be. Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.”

“It’s hard to put into words what sometimes you pick up in the ether, the quiet, cruel nuances of not belonging—the subtle cues that tell you to not risk anything, to find your people and just stay put.”

 

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Published February 14th, 2020 at 17:42 IST