"To see the madness and yet walk a……" — Ben Okri
"To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind, who can walk a silver line in hell or madness."
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89 Quotes by Ben Okri
Ben Okri has 89 quotes on this site.
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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.
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Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there…
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Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out…
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The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering…
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The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy:…
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Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.
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In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole…
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The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe,…
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I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their…
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To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who…
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Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is very African in his appetite…
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I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would…
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Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
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