Nnedi Okorafor Quotes

• No estás loco. Sólo estás dispuesto a cambiar.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Crazy, Ready

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• It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you, yourself, think...The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength. You're stronger than you believe.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Creer, Pensar, Gente

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• Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Perspective, Fiction, Science Fiction

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• People get inspired to write, paint, draw, sing, sculpt, dance in many different ways. And there are many types of art. But the one thing that they all have in common is that they are all a sort of magic. Sometimes the magic flows from one’s fingers, other times it is transferred to the person who experiences the result. Magic has always worked in mysterious ways.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Arte, Escritura, Personas

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• El silencio es la mejor respuesta a un tonto.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Wise, Silence, Answers

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• We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Tears, Cried, Finished

  Nnedi Okorafor (2011). “Who Fears Death”, p.32, Penguin

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• 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.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Hurt, Done, Painful

  "Zahrah the Windseeker". Book by Nnedi Okorafor, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2005.

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

  Nnedi Okorafor

  People, All Things, Cursed

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• 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.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Night, Together, Chaos

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

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• Use your powers for good instead of evil

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Evil, Use

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• Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Imperfect, Flawed, Creatures

  Nnedi Okorafor (2011). “Who Fears Death”, p.119, Penguin

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• 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.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Children, Pain, World

  Nnedi Okorafor (2008). “Zahrah the Windseeker”, p.115, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat.

  Nnedi Okorafor

  Children, Doors, Faces

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