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> [I don't think Kenya is the only country that tries to induce amnesia - it seems to be a global phenomenon. But offenses do not die. They do not disappear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-don-t-think-kenya-is-the-only-country-that-tries-to-induce-amnesia/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

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## Other authors on Amnesia

- [Nathan Reese Maher 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amnesia/nathan-reese-maher/)
- [Amy Andrews 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amnesia/amy-andrews/)
- [Alice Jamieson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amnesia/alice-jamieson/)

## More by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

> [Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/every-kenyan-writer-has-offered-me-something-to-hold-onto-something/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [Even if we want to eradicate our ghosts, our dead, our murdered, even if you erase a name and the record of the existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/even-if-we-want-to-eradicate-our-ghosts-our-dead-our-murdered-even-if/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [The truth, and nothing but the truth, is that dawn begins with a wrestling match with my soul and a systematic rejection of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/the-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth-is-that-dawn-begins-with-a/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/matters-of-the-subconscious-affect-reality-in-ways-we-don-t-quite/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [I come from a culture that has refined the art of the dirge to a sublime level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-come-from-a-culture-that-has-refined-the-art-of-the-dirge-to-a/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [Kenya is an immense land with a capacity for healing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/kenya-is-an-immense-land-with-a-capacity-for-healing/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [Recording stories is a way of honoring the faculty of memory, even if it's recorded, outsourcing memory to technology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/recording-stories-is-a-way-of-honoring-the-faculty-of-memory-even-if/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/novel-writing-is-a-settling-lovely-space-i-call-it-self-indulgent-i/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/burma-evoked-the-lost-kenyan-soldiers-who-served-in-the-war-you-never/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [I think every morning we wake up offers a new beginning, a new way of stepping into the day. I think every conversation could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-think-every-morning-we-wake-up-offers-a-new-beginning-a-new-way-of/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [I like talking to myself and making patterns out of the letters of the alphabet on blank surfaces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-like-talking-to-myself-and-making-patterns-out-of-the-letters-of/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [I can edit into infinity. It's such a joy. I'd probably edit until the last word. Until there's only one word left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-can-edit-into-infinity-it-s-such-a-joy-i-d-probably-edit-until-the/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [It may not seem that way, but I am an absolute optimist, an unrepentant optimist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/it-may-not-seem-that-way-but-i-am-an-absolute-optimist-an-unrepentant/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [I do need to find inner tranquillity and get into a "zone" before I switch on the computer to work on a story. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-do-need-to-find-inner-tranquillity-and-get-into-a-zone-before-i/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

> [Even if you're in charge of the grand story there's still memory. The other stories do not go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/even-if-you-re-in-charge-of-the-grand-story-there-s-still-memory-the/)

[Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/)

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