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Ben Okri Quotes (1959-)
Poet, Novelist
About Ben Okri
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist.
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βIf your work can surprise you then you have started something worthwhile.β
βI love your loneliness. It is brave. It makes the universe want to protect you.β
βFor your reflections reflect on the things you do. And the things you do reflect on you.β
βA man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.β
βMaybe true travel is not the transportation of the body, but a change of perception, renewing the mind.β
βOur society is a battlefield. Poverty, corruption and hunger are the bullets. Bad governments are the bombs.β
βThe law is simple. Every experience is repeated or suffered till you experience it properly and fully the first time.β
β"Learn to drink, my son. A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life."β
βWithout stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories.β
βSo long as a canvas is empty its potential is infiniteβ¦ The empty canvas can become a gateway into the landscape of nightmares or a vision of sensual bliss.β
βResponsibility is active. Vigilant. Actions become character and character becomes destiny. . .the moment you see something is wrong, you have a responsibility.β
About Ben Okri
Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist.