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Higher Quotes by Ben Okri
- The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering will never destroy you, but…
- Yes, the highest things are beyond words. That is probably why all art aspires to the condition of wordlessness. When literature works on you, it…
- The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret failure.
- When I write a poem, I go into a state of self-forgetfulness, and something higher takes over; I like to call it my best self.
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