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Quotes from Zahrah the Windseeker — Nnedi Okorafor

born 1974 Nigeria

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7 quotes

“Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.”

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005)

“Some of our old ways are better forgotten, but not all of them.”

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005)

“Maybe I'm too scared to fly, but I'm brave enough to save your life.”

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005)

“Though I knew I shouldn’t have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when done in the same place many times in a row.”

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005)

“Silence is the best answer to a fool.”

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005)

“Is it not the worst pain to know there is a cure for your child's illness and then not be able to obtain it? Oh it must be the one of the worst types of pain in the world.”

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005)

“A curious mind must be properly fed”

Zahrah the Windseeker (2005)

Attribution

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