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Mabel Segun Quotes

1930–2025 Nigeria

Mabel Segun (born 13 February 1930 – 6 March 2025) is a Nigerian poet, playwright and writer of short stories and children's books. She has also been a teacher, broadcaster, and a sports woman.

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When you write children’s literature, you write for different ages.

I would come back as a changed Nigerian.

People no longer read. I wonder how they live without reading.

I like to revise my works to be as near perfect as possible.

What really brought us together was writing because he became the editor of our magazine and I was the advertisement manager. It was a student magazine.

I want to be remembered as one who loves his fellow men. That is why I tried to do things to benefit Nigerians. Unfortunately, there are too many people doing the opposite. What can I do?

I still pay tribute to my English teacher, Mrs. Ore Cole, who taught me how to become a writer. It makes you wiser and more intelligent. When you read a lot you eventually want to become a writer.

It’s full of surprises. That’s all. It’s worth it. I think so. The struggle is good. I had to struggle all my life. And I think that was what made me what I am today. I struggled for things. And I don’t like anybody ride over me. Never.

I am from the family of Aig-Imoukuede. I am from Sabon-Gida Ora, Edo State. My father was the first archdeacon there. I am not from Ondo, as some people like to say.

when I wrote My Father’s Daughter, some people said it was too good to be true; but it couldn’t be too good to be true, because if you set your mind in good things, you will do good things.

Attribution

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