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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.

— 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)

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

Dangerous Love (1996)

"A writer's task is not merely to describe the world but to deepen our way of seeing it."

The Age of Magic (2014)

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