"My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of……" — Chris Abani
"My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious, ethnic, historical, ideological."
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17 Quotes by Chris Abani
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What we know about who we are comes from stories. It's the agents of our imagination who really shape who…
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If you want to know about Africa, read our literature - and not just 'Things Fall Apart,' because that would…
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Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms…
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In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting…
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People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes
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What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple…
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You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act…
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What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple…
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Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is.
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That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never…
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My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All…
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My search is always to find ways to chronicle, to share and to document stories about people, just everyday people.…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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