--- title: "3 Muse Quotes By Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor" description: "3 Muse quotes by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor. Plus more from Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and more Muse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor-23667_character_the-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth-is-t_296558.jpg" --- > [The truth, and nothing but the truth, is that dawn begins with a wrestling match with my soul and a systematic rejection…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor-23667_character_the-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth-is-t_296558.jpg) > [In my perfect imagination, with stern discipline I rise with the first bird, salute the dawn, have a healthy breakfast of fruits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/in-my-perfect-imagination-with-stern-discipline-i-rise-with-the-first/) [Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor-23667_acknowledge_in-my-perfect-imagination-with-stern-dis_2154276.jpg) > [I am indebted to anyone who has ever written anything. I am indebted to the unknown carver of pictograms on a gallery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/i-am-indebted-to-anyone-who-has-ever-written-anything-i-am-indebted/) [Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor-23667_carver_i-am-indebted-to-anyone-who-has-ever-wri_3096477.jpg) ## Other authors on Muse - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-avijeet-das-802.jpg) Avijeet Das 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/avijeet-das/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shirley-geoklin-lim-85060.jpg) Shirley Geok-lin Lim 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/shirley-geok-lin-lim/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Pippa DaCosta 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/pippa-dacosta/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-homer-42227.jpg) Homer 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/homer/) - [Michael Bassey Johnson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/michael-bassey-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kathryn-minshew-55651.jpg) Kathryn Minshew 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/kathryn-minshew/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-pressfield-87523.jpg) Steven Pressfield 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/steven-pressfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/plato/) - [Quentin S. Crisp 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/quentin-s-crisp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-geddes-51456.jpg) John Geddes 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/john-geddes/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/#itemlist", "name": "3 Muse Quotes By Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The truth, and nothing but the truth, is that dawn begins with a wrestling match with my soul and a systematic rejection of all the other useful possibilities a day offers. 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