Quote by Ben Okri Download Open image ““A tolerable hell is better than an impossible heaven.”” — Ben Okri ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It is better to seek the pain of heaven than the pleasure of hell.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“If there is heaven then there must be hell too, don't think that The God is merciful, he didn't create hell for himself.” — John Art Copy Share Image
“You can make heaven out of hell, or hell out of heaven. The choice is yours.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“They say theres a Heaven...but all I've ever been through is Hell.” — Josh Salvador Copy Share Image
“Never be afraid of the hell , because one who lives in hell knows the best ways to face the difficulties...!!” — Deepak Singh Panghal Copy Share Image
“Life is hell shot with just enough heaven to make the pains of hope all the sharper. Life is impossible.” — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
We never think that our mothers will die. It was like suddenly an abyss opened at my feet - I was standing on nothing.… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
“In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live by stories, we also live in them. One way… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
The earliest storytellers were magi, seers, bards, griots, shamans. They were, it would seem, old as time, and as terrifying to gaze upon as… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Our time here is magic! It's the only space you have to realize whatever it is that is beautiful, whatever is true, whatever is… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
If we could be pure dancers in spirit we would never be afraid to love, and we would love with strength and wisdom. — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
