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Quotes from The Famished Road — Ben Okri

born 1959 Nigeria

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"Learn to drink, my son. A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life."

The Famished Road (1991)

In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And because the road was once a river it was always hungry.

The Famished Road (1991)

A man must be able to hold his drink because drunkenness is sometimes necessary in this difficult life.

The Famished Road (1991)

Apart from a mark on my palm I had managed to avoid being discovered. It may simply have been that I had grown tired of coming and going. It is terrible to forever remain in-between.

The Famished Road (1991)

This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down.

The Famished Road (1991)

A dream can be the highest point of a life

The Famished Road (1991)

"You are a mischievous one. You will cause no end of trouble. You have to travel many roads before you find the river of your destiny. This life of yours will be full of riddles. You will be protected and you will never be alone."

The Famished Road (1991)

Many people reside in us. Many past lives, many future lives. If you listen carefully the air is full of laughter. Human beings are a great mystery.

The Famished Road (1991)

"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 will make you stronger. Success will never confuse you of scatter your spirit, but will make you fly higher into the good sunlight. Your life will always surprise you."

The Famished Road (1991)

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)

Attribution

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