--- title: "1 End Hate Quotes By Chris Abani" description: "1 End Hate quotes by Chris Abani. Plus more from Chris Abani and more End Hate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/chris-abani-7393_alive_sometimes-we-say-we-want-an-end-to-hate_3224505.png" --- > [Sometimes we say we want an end to hate or racism or sexism. But we all participate in keeping these structures alive. If everyone decided to relinquish the past what would happen to people who feel that there hasn't been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/sometimes-we-say-we-want-an-end-to-hate-or-racism-or-sexism-but-we/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/chris-abani-7393_alive_sometimes-we-say-we-want-an-end-to-hate_3224505.png) ## More by Chris Abani > [“Story is powerful. Story is fluid and it belongs to nobody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/story-is-powerful-story-is-fluid-and-it-belongs-to-nobody/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [“as his mother told Grandma Marie, there are no words for some”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/as-his-mother-told-grandma-marie-there-are-no-words-for-some/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [I think it's an aggregation of all of the small acts that are really transformative. I think a group of small acts transform the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/i-think-it-s-an-aggregation-of-all-of-the-small-acts-that-are-really/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [“... it's the agents of our imagination who really shape who we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/it-s-the-agents-of-our-imagination-who-really-shape-who-we-are/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [“He too, it seemed, had come to believe that he could somehow escape history. That it was possible, and even desirable, to live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/he-too-it-seemed-had-come-to-believe-that-he-could-somehow-escape/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [My mom taught me to read when I was two or three. When I was five I read and wrote well enough to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/my-mom-taught-me-to-read-when-i-was-two-or-three-when-i-was-five-i/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/you-know-you-can-steel-your-heart-against-any-kind-of-trouble-any/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [Fiction is more dangerous than nonfiction because it can seduce better. I think we all know this, know that deeper truths can be approached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/fiction-is-more-dangerous-than-nonfiction-because-it-can-seduce/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [My grand uncle was a traditional priest, and he would always say to me as a kid, 'We stand in our own light,' which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/my-grand-uncle-was-a-traditional-priest-and-he-would-always-say-to-me/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what you bring.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/unlike-other-books-or-tv-shows-or-sometimes-life-my-narrative-worlds/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [Nigerians are everywhere. There's an old joke, particularly about the Ibos, that when you finally land on Mars, you're going to find a Nigerian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/nigerians-are-everywhere-there-s-an-old-joke-particularly-about-the/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [“Circuses are about entertainment and juggling and animals and all that shit. Sideshows are about freaks, about people and the limits of acceptability. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/circuses-are-about-entertainment-and-juggling-and-animals-and-all/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [It takes me forever to actually finish something like a ten-page essay. But, when I do, I usually love what they are. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/it-takes-me-forever-to-actually-finish-something-like-a-ten-page/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [I had amazing intellectual privilege as a kid. My mom taught me to read when I was two or three. When I was five,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/i-had-amazing-intellectual-privilege-as-a-kid-my-mom-taught-me-to/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) > [If you want to know about Africa, read our literature - and not just 'Things Fall Apart,' because that would be like saying, 'I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/if-you-want-to-know-about-africa-read-our-literature-and-not-just/) [Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end-hate/chris-abani/#itemlist", "name": "1 End Hate Quotes By Chris Abani", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes we say we want an end to hate or racism or sexism. But we all participate in keeping these structures alive. 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