Growing up Quote by Nnedi Okorafor

““Home will never be the same once you know what you are. Your whole life will change.””

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Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.

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“When you face your deepest fears, when you are ready,” she’d said. “Don’t turn away. Stand tall, endure, face them. If you get through…

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“Some of our old ways are better forgotten, but not all of them.”

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Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!

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“But deep down inside me, I wanted . . . I needed it. I couldn’t help but act on it. The urge was so…

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Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective.

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“Sunny nodded. But her mind was not on the problems of the black African diaspora. She was thinking about what it was going to…

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You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.

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“Neither (brother) even glaced at the counter. She smiled. Her dumb brothers never cooked. She didn’t think they even knew how! A human being…

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“I have this obsession with destruction.”

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“Do you want to do this?” she asked. “Do I need to?” “Hmm. You’re still ashamed of what you are.”

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