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Ben Okri Quotes

born 1959 Nigeria

Sir Ben Golden Emuobowho Okri OBE FRSL (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian poet and novelist.

Nigeria
Essayists
Novelists
Poets
Short story writers

Also known as: Astonishing the Gods, Dangerous Love (novel), The Age of Magic, The Famished Road

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The clearing was the beginning of an expressway. Building companies had levelled the trees. In places the earth was red. We passed a tree that had been felled. Red liquid dripped from its stump as if the tree had been a murdered giant whose blood wouldn’t stop flowing.

The Famished Road (1991)

In the beginning it did not seem like being in the dark was going to be our fate. We thought we would be there for a short time and would soon get a sign telling us that it was all clear in the world above and that we could return. But the sign never came.

So long as a canvas is empty its potential is infinite… The empty canvas can become a gateway into the landscape of nightmares or a vision of sensual bliss.

Dangerous Love (1996)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ben Okri (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.