Nnedi Okorafor famous quotes

04-23-2025

We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Tears
Though I knew I shouldnâ€™t have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when done in the same place many times in a row.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Hurt #Done #Painful
I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Children #Doors #Faces
All through the night, she battled herself. Or battled to know herself. She fell apart and then put herself back together and then she fell apart again and put herself back together, over and over.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Night #Together #Chaos
You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Crazy #Ready
Use your powers for good instead of evil
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Evil #Use
People get inspired to write, paint, draw, sing, sculpt, dance in many different ways. And there are many types of art. But the one thing that they all have in common is that they are all a sort of magic. Sometimes the magic flows from oneâ€™s fingers, other times it is transferred to the person who experiences the result. Magic has always worked in mysterious ways.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Art #Writing #People
Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Perspective #Fiction #Science Fiction
Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Imperfect #Flawed #Creatures
Funny how all things people donâ€™t understand seem to be â€˜cursedâ€™.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#People
Silence is the best answer to a fool.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Silence #Answers #Fool
It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think...The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. You're stronger than you believe.
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Believe #Thinking #Giving
Is it not the worst pain to know there is a cure for your child's illness and then not be able to obtain it? Oh it must be the one of the worst types of pain in the world...
-- Nnedi Okorafor

#Pain #Children #World

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