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Quotes from Oil on Water — Helon Habila

born 1967 Nigeria

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5 quotes

"Our job is to find out the truth, even if it is buried deep in the earth."

Oil on Water (2010)

"The further from home you wander, the closer you get to Siberia."

Oil on Water (2010)

"Can you continue to love a person regardless of such shortcomings? Maybe because you hope to save them? Or because you can't help it? Isn't that what love is all about?"

Oil on Water (2010)

Nostalgia settled on my shoulders like the arm of a long-lost friend, urging me to look back and listen; it had been years since I heard such morning sounds, such silence.

Oil on Water (2010)

"You must take a year off, one of these days, before you’re old and tired and weighed down by responsibility. Go away somewhere, and read. Read all the important books. Educate yourself, then you’ll see the world in a different way."

Oil on Water (2010)

Attribution

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