# Quote — Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, I Do Not Come to You by Chance

> Kingsley’s mother, Augustina discovers his wealth is derived from fraudulent 419 scams triggering a dramatic confrontation and profound emotional estrangement. Kingsley argues that his illegal actions were necessary sacrifices for his family's survival while his mother rejects this. In her own view, honorable poverty over tainted money.

- Author: [Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adaobi-tricia-nwaubani.md)
- Book: [I Do Not Come to You by Chance](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adaobi-tricia-nwaubani/i-do-not-come-to-you-by-chance.md)
- Page: 38
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adaobi_Tricia_Nwaubani#I_Do_Not_Come_To_You_By_Chance_(2009)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/adaobi-tricia-nwaubani/i-do-not-come-to-you-by-chance/kingsleys-mother-augustina

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> Boniface — aka Cash Daddy — is an exuberant character who suffers from elephantiasis of the pocket. He's also rumored to run a successful empire of email scams. But he can help. With Cash Daddy's intervention, Kingsley and his family can be as safe as a tortoise in its shell.

p. 50 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adaobi-tricia-nwaubani/i-do-not-come-to-you-by-chance/boniface-aka-cash.md)

> For much of his young life, Kingsley believed that education was everything, that through wisdom, all things were possible. Now he worries that without a 'long-leg' — someone who knows someone who can help him — his degrees will do nothing but adorn the walls of his parents' low-rent house.

p. 28 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/adaobi-tricia-nwaubani/i-do-not-come-to-you-by-chance/for-much-of-his.md)