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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.

— Ben Okri The Famished Road (1991)

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If your work can surprise you then you have started something worthwhile.

Dangerous Love (1996)

"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)

"Writing is a way of paying attention to life."

The Age of Magic (2014)

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)

For your reflections reflect on the things you do. And the things you do reflect on you.

Dangerous Love (1996)

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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

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Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt,
And every grin so merry draws one out.

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