# Quote — Chika Unigwe, Night Dancer

> S is for sir. It's what you called your father if you'd never lived with him. If you did not know where his medication box was. If you did not even know what he was taking medication for. No, sir. Yes, sir. S is for strangers multiplied by five. Ten eyes watching her, sizing her up, maybe wondering what she was doing there. What was she doing here? And all this talk of tradition, which had pushed her mother away in the first place. Roll. Dip. Swallow. She had met her father.

- Author: [Chika Unigwe](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chika-unigwe.md)
- Book: [Night Dancer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/chika-unigwe/night-dancer.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chika_Unigwe#Night_Dancer_(2011)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/chika-unigwe/night-dancer/s-is-for-sir

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