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Ben Okri Quotes

Ben Okri quotes

Nigerian Poet, Writer March 15, 1959

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Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is..."
A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down."
This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets,..."
I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. Ben Okri
What hope is there for individual reality or authenticity when the forces of violence and orthodoxy, the earthly powers of guns and bombs and manipulated public opinion make it impossible for us to be authentic and fulfilled human beings? The only hope is in the creation of alternative values, alternative realities. The only hope is in daring to redream one's place in the world - a beautiful act of imagination, and a sustained act of self becoming. Which is to say that in some way or another... Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of..."
I am not fighting for success, just to get more beauty out of myself and share it with more people. Ben Okri
Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret. Ben Okri
Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is great, whatever is potential, whatever is rare, whatever is unique, in. It's the only space. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "I held you in the square. And felt the evening. Re-order..."
I held you in the square. And felt the evening. Re-order itself around. Your smile. Ben Okri
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. Ben Okri
I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human..."
We can redream this world and make the dream come real. Human beings are gods hidden from themselves. Ben Okri
We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings. Ben Okri
Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it. Ben Okri
Ben Okri quote: "The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered..."
The law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time. Ben Okri

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