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title: "1 Time Living Quotes By Nalo Hopkinson"
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> [“You folk are so finicky about time, living it in straight lines like that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/you-folk-are-so-finicky-about-time-living-it-in-straight-lines-like/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

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## More by Nalo Hopkinson

> [“The heaviness of loss in her heart hadn't eased, but there was room there for humour, too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/the-heaviness-of-loss-in-her-heart-hadn-t-eased-but-there-was-room/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“How do I know anything? How is it that my arms stretched out in front of me are so pale? How to I even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/how-do-i-know-anything-how-is-it-that-my-arms-stretched-out-in-front/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [I tried to get the word out to people who are information hubs in their communities, because they could propagate the call quickly. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/i-tried-to-get-the-word-out-to-people-who-are-information-hubs-in/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“A Young Candy Daughter I’m”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/a-young-candy-daughter-i-m/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“If you only eat unsalted food, fresh food, we believe you make Lasirèn vexed, for salt is the creatures of the sea, and good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/if-you-only-eat-unsalted-food-fresh-food-we-believe-you-make-lasir-n/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“Whore” I do not understand yet, but I understand from her that her and her kin are your spices, your honey scent; she knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/whore-i-do-not-understand-yet-but-i-understand-from-her-that-her-and/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [I don't pay much mind to politricks. Never met a politician who wouldn't try to convince you that salt was sugar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/i-don-t-pay-much-mind-to-politricks-never-met-a-politician-who-wouldn/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“we have ripe banana dipped in sweet batter and fried, and green banana to boot. Cookie does fry them up nice-nice in olive oil,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/we-have-ripe-banana-dipped-in-sweet-batter-and-fried-and-green-banana/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“What are gods for, then, if they let things like this to happen to their people?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/what-are-gods-for-then-if-they-let-things-like-this-to-happen-to/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“So there’s a freeing up that happens when I can go into that storytelling mode...It isn’t about how much sense you make, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/so-there-s-a-freeing-up-that-happens-when-i-can-go-into-that/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [Children were pack animals; let any one of them act different from the group, and the rest would bring him down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/children-were-pack-animals-let-any-one-of-them-act-different-from-the/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“Even she hair itself rough and wiry; long black knotty locks springing from she scalp and corkscrewing all the way down she back... The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/even-she-hair-itself-rough-and-wiry-long-black-knotty-locks-springing/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“The Smile on the Face Innocent”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/the-smile-on-the-face-innocent/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [My friend Ian Hagemann, a regular at Wiscon, once said on a panel that when he reads science fiction futures that are full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/my-friend-ian-hagemann-a-regular-at-wiscon-once-said-on-a-panel-that/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

> [“Suck all the juice this life will give!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalo-hopkinson/suck-all-the-juice-this-life-will-give/)

[Nalo Hopkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalo-hopkinson/)

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