"All through the night, she battled herself. Or battled to know herself. She fell apart and then put herself back together and then she fell apart again and put herself back together, over and over."

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Source : Nnedi Okorafor (2011). “Akata Witch”, p.57, Penguin

Nnedi Okorafor

#Night Quotes #Together Quotes #Chaos Quotes

“I read a story about some old opera singer once, and when a guy asked her to marry him, she took him backstage after she had sung a real triumph, with all the people calling for her, asked, 'Do you think you could give me that?' That story hit me right, man. I know no guy ever made me feel as good as an audience. I'm really far into this now, really committed. Like, I don't think I'd go off the road for long now, for life with a guy no matter how good. Yeah, it's the truth. Scary thing to say though, isn't it?”
“Almost dying is awfully easy. It's the living that's hard.”
“In my mind, the sexiest thing in the world is the feeling that youâ€™re wanted.”
“I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects.”
“I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about anything at any given moment. When you feel like you've arrived somewhere, that's the real problem.”
“I think the Saree makes a woman look sexy yet graceful all at the same time..”
“Rigel, Betelgeuse, and Orion. There was no finer church, no finer choir, than the stars speaking in silence to the many consumptives silently condemned, a legion upon the dark rooftops. The wind came down from the north like a runner in lacrosse, violent and hard, to batter every living thing. They were there, each one alone in conversation with the stars, mining ephemeral love from cold and distant light.”
“I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.”

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