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> [“The way people on Oomza Uni were so diverse and everyone handled that as if it were normal continued to surprise me. It was so unlike Earth, where wars were fought over and because of differences and most couldn't relate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/the-way-people-on-oomza-uni-were-so-diverse-and-everyone-handled-that/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

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## More by Nnedi Okorafor

> [Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/funny-how-all-things-people-don-t-understand-seem-to-be-cursed/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“Are they a secret part of the American government or a powerful private corporation? Is there a difference? To me, it doesn’t matter. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/are-they-a-secret-part-of-the-american-government-or-a-powerful/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“When you face your deepest fears, when you are ready,” she’d said. “Don’t turn away. Stand tall, endure, face them. If you get through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/when-you-face-your-deepest-fears-when-you-are-ready-she-d-said-don-t/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“Some of our old ways are better forgotten, but not all of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/some-of-our-old-ways-are-better-forgotten-but-not-all-of-them/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/flawed-imperfect-creatures-that-s-what-we-both-are-oga-that-s-what-we/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“But deep down inside me, I wanted . . . I needed it. I couldn’t help but act on it. The urge was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/but-deep-down-inside-me-i-wanted-i-needed-it-i-couldn-t-help-but-act/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/science-fiction-is-the-only-genre-that-enables-african-writers-to/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“Sunny nodded. But her mind was not on the problems of the black African diaspora. She was thinking about what it was going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/sunny-nodded-but-her-mind-was-not-on-the-problems-of-the-black/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/you-are-not-crazy-you-are-just-ready-to-change/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“Neither (brother) even glaced at the counter. She smiled. Her dumb brothers never cooked. She didn’t think they even knew how! A human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/neither-brother-even-glaced-at-the-counter-she-smiled-her-dumb/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“I have this obsession with destruction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/i-have-this-obsession-with-destruction/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“Do you want to do this?” she asked. “Do I need to?” “Hmm. You’re still ashamed of what you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/do-you-want-to-do-this-she-asked-do-i-need-to-hmm-you-re-still/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“But I hoped he couldn’t read my mind. No one needed to know that. Not even him. He chuckled, again. “That is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/but-i-hoped-he-couldn-t-read-my-mind-no-one-needed-to-know-that-not/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“The way people on Oomza Uni were so diverse and everyone handled that as if it were normal continued to surprise me. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/the-way-people-on-oomza-uni-were-so-diverse-and-everyone-handled-that/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

> [“You Himba are so inward-looking,” she said. “Cocooned around that pink lake, growing your technology from knowledge harvested from deep within your genius, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nnedi-okorafor/you-himba-are-so-inward-looking-she-said-cocooned-around-that-pink/)

[Nnedi Okorafor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nnedi-okorafor/)

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