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

— Mabel Segun

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

I would come back as a changed Nigerian.

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?

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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