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title: "2 Readers Feeling Quotes By Binyavanga Wainaina"
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> [I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-like-the-idea-of-readers-feeling-a-familiarity-whether-it-s-with/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

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> [I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-like-the-idea-of-readers-feeling-a-familiarity-whether-its-with/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

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## More by Binyavanga Wainaina

> [“Cloud travel is well and good when you have mastered the landings. I never have. I must live, not dream about living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/cloud-travel-is-well-and-good-when-you-have-mastered-the-landings-i/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I'm not even sure I want to use the term 'coming out.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-m-not-even-sure-i-want-to-use-the-term-coming-out/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-binyavanga-wainaina-quite-honestly-swear-i-have-known-i-am-a/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-m-extremely-optimistic-about-rapid-transformation-and-change-of/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-want-to-be-fighting-for-a-society-accountable-towards-its-citizens/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I'm an African. I was brought up here; my home is here. Being an Afropolitan, I am here to stay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-m-an-african-i-was-brought-up-here-my-home-is-here-being-an/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/always-end-your-book-with-nelson-mandela-saying-something-about/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-knew-i-didn-t-want-to-come-out-in-the-new-yorker-it-just-felt-wrong/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/africa-is-to-be-pitied-worshipped-or-dominated/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [“Science is smaller than music, than the patterns of the body; the large confident world of sound and body gathers. If my mind and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/science-is-smaller-than-music-than-the-patterns-of-the-body-the-large/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth $9 a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-have-learned-that-i-we-are-a-dollar-a-day-people-which-is-terrible/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/people-reach-an-age-where-somebody-else-s-platform-is-no-longer-yours/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I love playing with words and texture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-love-playing-with-words-and-texture/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [“He has money. She will wear the mask he needs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/he-has-money-she-will-wear-the-mask-he-needs/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

> [I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/binyavanga-wainaina/i-am-quite-excited-that-moi-is-leaving-kenyans-have-changed-we-have-a/)

[Binyavanga Wainaina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/binyavanga-wainaina/)

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